Evaluation of serum haptoglobin in clinically healthy cattle and cattle with inflammatory diseases in Shiraz, a tropical area in Southern Iran.
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Summary Nazifi, S., A. Rezakhani, M. Koohimoghadam, M. Ansari-Lari & Z. Esmailnezhad, 2008. Evaluation of serum haptoglobin in clinically healthy cattle and cattle with inflammatory diseases in Shiraz, a tropical area in southern Iran. Bulg. J. Vet. Med. , 11, No 2, 95 101. This study was designed to determine a reference range of haptoglobin (Hp) in Iranian Holstein cattle of different ages and of both sexes, and to evaluate Hp as marker in some inflammatory diseases in Shiraz, a tropical area in southern Iran. Blood samples were collected from the coccygeal vein of 50 clinically healthy cattle and 36 cows with various inflammatory diseases (acute diffuse traumatic re- ticuloperitonitis, digestive tract infection and abomasal displacement, anaplasmosis, theileriosis, acute respiratory infections and clinical mastitis). Hp was measured according to preservation of the per- oxidase activity of haemoglobin which is directly proportional to the amount of haptoglobin. There was no significant difference in Hp concentrations between healthy Holstein cattle from the studied different age groups as well as between both sexes. Pregnancy and lactation had no significant effects on blood Hp concentrations. Statistically significant differences in Hp were observed between clini- cally healthy and diseased cows (P<0.05). The results of the present study revealed that serum Hp was a sensitive factor in various inflammatory conditions in cattle.
Language: English
Topic: Animal health and immunology
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2167079310