author(s)
Poornima Gumasta, Amita Dubey, Madhu Swamy and Yamini Verma

abstract
In the present study, cadmium associated oxidative stress in blood of bovine were estimated. A total of 65 blood samples were collected from different areas of city for analysis of cadmium concentration as well as estimation of oxidative stress in terms of lipid peroxidation and reduced glutathione in blood. Toxic blood cadmium concentration recorded in all the sample with range of 0.099 to 0.685 ppm. Significant increase (p<0.01) in lipid peroxidation and significant decrease (p<0.01) in concentration of reduced glutathione observed in relation to cadmium concentration in blood samples indicate the toxic exposure of cadmium to bovine of this region, which may cause the adverse effect on growth and productivity of the bovine.