Protein and cholesterol electrophoresis of plasma samples from captive cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus)
| Autor: | Marilyn Rodriguez, Lynda Leppert, Cara L. Field, Carolyn Cray, Gregory D. Bossart, Tonya M. Clauss, Alexa McDermott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Very low-density lipoprotein medicine.medical_specialty Globulin chemistry.chemical_compound Reference Values Internal medicine Blood plasma medicine Animals Rhinoptera bonasus General Veterinary biology Cholesterol Albumin Blood Proteins biology.organism_classification Blood Protein Electrophoresis Blood proteins Endocrinology chemistry Biochemistry biology.protein Female Lipoprotein Elasmobranchii |
| Zdroj: | Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 27(6) |
| ISSN: | 1943-4936 |
| Popis: | Our study was undertaken to assess the application of semiautomated methods available at the reference laboratory level for the evaluation of plasma protein and cholesterol via electrophoresis in samples from cownose rays ( Rhinoptera bonasus). Three groups of animals were assessed: clinically normal, clinically abnormal, and parasitized with leeches. As reported previously, the albumin band was negligible; the protein electrophoretograms were dominated by a large beta-globulin fraction. While the group of samples from the leech-parasitized rays did not show any large differences, the abnormal group exhibited significantly elevated total solids and cholesterol levels. The latter was related to a significant increase in very low density lipoprotein levels. The results demonstrate the potential application of these laboratory methods in quantitation of plasma proteins and cholesterol fractions in subclass Elasmobranchii. |
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