EFFECT OF CYANOCOBALAMINE ON SOME INDICATORS OF CALVABLE BLOOD
Blood is the internal environment of the body, sensitive to vibrations of the internal and external environment. Deviations of its morphological and biochemical indices from normative values may indicate the nature of metabolic and other processes in the body. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B<sub>12</sub>) belongs to the vitamins of group B, which have a metabolic effect, as well as vitamin B<sub>12</sub> promotes the normal process of hemopoiesis and favorably affects the epithelial tissue of various organ systems. When studying the effect of cyanocobalamin on several clinical and biochemical indices of the blood of calves, two groups of animals were formed: control and experimental animals. Young cattle of the control group were not exposed to any measures, and in the experimental group animals were treated with vitamin B<sub>12</sub>. As the result of the studies, it was found that the cyanocobalamin, used for calves having blood indices at the lower limit of the norm, has a positive effect on the level of erythrocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit. In the experimental group the incidence of calves having gastroenteritis was lower by 35% as compared to the control group.