METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF CLINICAL COURSE OF BRONCHITIS IN CALVES Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/01 A61B5/02 A61B5/205 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to veterinary science and can be used for the prediction of the clinical course of bronchitis in calves. That is ensured by measuring body temperature, heart rate and respiration rate per a minute. That is ensured by calculating a respiratory disturbance index (RDI) as a relation of the respiration rate per a minute following a 30-second expiratory induced breath holding to the rest respiration rate per a minute. A Hildebrandt index is calculated as a relation of the heart rate to respiration rate per a minute. The derived data are analysed. If the body temperature is 37.5÷39.6°C, the heart rate is less than 100 per a minute, the respiration rate is less than 40 per a minute, the RDI is more than 1.4, whereas the Hildebrandt index is more than 1.8, the animal's absolute recovery or the benign clinical course of the disease is predicted (a favourable prognosis, prognosis bona). If the body temperature is more than 39.5°C, the heart rate is 90÷120 per a minute, the respiration rate is 40÷60 per a minute, the RDI is 1.2÷2.5, whereas the Hildebrandt index ranges within 1.7÷3.1, a probability of the unfavourable clinical course of the disease is predicted (a doubtful prognosis, prognosis dubia). If the body temperature is 39.5°C, the heart rate is more than 100 per a minute, the respiration rate is more than 60 per a minutes, the RDI is less than 1.2, whereas the Hildebrandt index is more than 1.8, the animal's partial recovery or the malignant clinical course of the disease is predicted (an unfavourable prognosis, prognosis bona).

EFFECT: method offers the prospect of the objective prediction of the clinical course of bronchitis in calves, including of the potential development of the complications, namely bronchial pneumonia, that in turn enables specifying a therapeutic approach and controlling the clinical effectiveness.

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