Cardiac Biomarkers and Biochemical Changes in Cattle with Traumatic Pericarditis

Traumatic pericarditis (TP) emerges as a result of foreign bodies pricking the heart, and these animals cannot be treated. Traumatic pericarditis is one of the most important cardiac diseases that may result in a decrease in milk yield, animal death, and fetal deaths in affected pregnant animals and lead to economic losses. Cardiac markers, which have been used in human medicine for years and have recently started to be used in veterinary medicine, can detect mild myocardial damage that may occur in the early stages of heart-related diseases. In this study it was aimed to determine the cardiac damage in cattle with TP by cardiac biomarkers. In the study, cTn-I, ANP, NT-proBNP, homocysteine, CRP, CK-MB, LDH, AST, and ALT levels were determined to be statistically higher in cattle with TP than in healthy animals (P < 0.01). NT-proBNP increased approximately 11 times, ANP about 10 times, cTn-I and Homocysteine increased 3 times, and CRP and CK-MB increased 2 times in cattle with TP. In conclusion, some cardiac markers were examined in the early detection of cardiac damage and diagnosis of cattle with TP, and it was concluded that the use of these markers would be beneficial. Moreover, it was concluded that ANP, Nt-proBNP, and homocysteine, which were the first data on cattle with TP, could be used in the detection of the severity of cardiac damage.