Javad Tajik; Saeed Nazifi; Mahdi Heidari; Marzieh Babazadeh
Volume 3, Issue 3 , September 2012, , Pages 209-212
Abstract
To evaluate the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) in water buffaloes with abomasal ulcers, the abomasums of 100 randomly selected water buffaloes were examined after slaughter. Type I abomasal ulcers were found in 56 out of 100 buffaloes. Serum concentrations of Hp and ...
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To evaluate the serum concentrations of haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA) in water buffaloes with abomasal ulcers, the abomasums of 100 randomly selected water buffaloes were examined after slaughter. Type I abomasal ulcers were found in 56 out of 100 buffaloes. Serum concentrations of Hp and SAA were measured. There was no significant difference between affected and non-affected buffaloes in the serum concentrations of Hp and SAA. The serum concentrations of Hp and SAA had no significant correlation with age and the serum SAA revealed no significant correlation with the number of abomasal ulcers. A significant correlation was found between the serum Hp and the number of abomasal ulcers (r =0.29, p = 0.04). There was no significant difference in the serum concentrations of Hp and SAA between buffaloes with different ulcer locations in the abomasums. Although more work on a larger number of animals is required in this area, it seems that the measurement of the serum Hp can be used to predict the abundance of type I abomasal ulcers.
Javad Tajik; Saeed Nazifi
Volume 1, Issue 2 , September 2010, , Pages 91-97
Abstract
To evaluate the correlations of the serum concentrations of trace elements with lipids and lipoproteins in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), the serum concentrations of cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, very low density lipoproteins (VLDL-cholesterol), low density lipoproteins (LDL-cholesterol) ...
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To evaluate the correlations of the serum concentrations of trace elements with lipids and lipoproteins in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), the serum concentrations of cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, very low density lipoproteins (VLDL-cholesterol), low density lipoproteins (LDL-cholesterol) and high density lipoproteins (HDL-cholesterol) and their correlations with serum concentrations of copper, zinc, selenium, iron and manganese were measured in 100 clinically healthy water buffaloes. Serum concentration of copper had a significant correlation with HDL-cholesterol (r = 0.467, P < 0.01). Serum total lipids had a significant correlation with iron (r = 0.25, P = 0.019) and the correlation between total lipids and manganese was marginally significant (r = -0.197, P = 0.07). Additionally, separate evaluation of age groups showed that serum cholesterol had a significant correlation with copper (r = 0.643, P = 0.007) in buffaloes up to 2 years of age and with zinc in animals between 2-5 years old (r = -0.382, P = 0.049). Serum selenium had a significant correlation with VLDL- cholesterol (r = 0.345, P = 0.049) in buffaloes more than 5 years old.