Sulfobromophthalein (BSP) clearance test before and after therapy in carbontetrachloride induced hepatopathy in cow calves

摘要

Sulfobromophthalein (BSP) clearance test was conducted before and after therapy in experimentally induced hepatopathy in cow calves by administering carbontetrachloride @1ml/kg body weight intra ruminally. Calves were randomly divided into four equalgroups namely A, B, C and D, each comprising of 6 calves. Calves of group A were kept as healthy control, while in the calves of Group B, C and D liver damage was induced. Group C animals were treated with indigenous medicine containing Andographics paniculata and Phyllanthus amarus and groups D animals were treated with B complex and liver extract. The efficacy of the medicine was assessed on the basis of BSP clearance test. It was observed that the rate of improvement in cow calves treated with indigenous liver tonic was more rapid than the animals treated with other medicine.