Levels of some trace elements and rheumatoid factor in sheep with brucellosis

Biological Trace Element Research
Suat EkinCengiz Karakaya

Abstract

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is encountered in sheep rather frequently. In this study, 100 sheep diagnosed with brucellosis that had aborts and 40 healthy sheep were used as materials. Analyses for Cu, Zn, Fe, Cr, Ca, Mg, and K were performed with the atomic absorption spectrophotometric method on blood collected from vena jugularis of all the sheep and rheumatoid factor levels were determined by the nephelometry method. Although it was found that Cu, Ca, and rheumatoid factor values in the sera of the sheep with brucellosis were high when compared to the control group (p<0.001, p<0.05, p<0.001, respectively), their serum Zn values were low (p<0.05). No significant changes in serum Cr, Fe, K, and Mg levels were found.

Citations

Nov 16, 2010·Tropical Animal Health and Production·Ismail Aytekin, Serap Unubol Aypak
Sep 30, 2006·Microbiological Research·Taghi LashkarboloukiMohammad Ebrahimi
Jul 25, 2017·Biological Trace Element Research·Naser ZanganehMohammad Yousef Alikhani

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Brucellosis (ASM)

Brucellosis is a bacterial infection caused by members of the genus brucella and remains one of the world's major zoonotic diseases. Discover the latest research on Brucellosis here.

Brucellosis

Brucellosis is a bacterial infection caused by members of the genus brucella and remains one of the world's major zoonotic diseases. Discover the latest research on Brucellosis here.