Serological changes in goats experimentally infected with in Buea sub-division of S.W.P. Cameroon Export

@article{citeulike:6081900, abstract = {Based on the recent increase in the rearing of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats in this environment, a study of biochemical parameters was carried out in healthy and infected goats to obtain baseline data for monitoring the health and productive indices in breeding programmes for the goats. The results revealed variations in some of the parameters studied. The serum minerals potassium, chlorine and bicarbonate did not show any significant differences ( P  > 0.05) between the infected and control groups of goats, but there was a significant difference ( P  < 0.0001) in sodium, calcium and urea levels. For serum lipids cholesterol and triglyceride, there were significant ( P  < 0.0001) differences between the infected and control group. This goes same for serum proteins, albumin and total proteins. However, serum enzymes, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) were not significantly different ( P  > 0.05) between the infected and control groups. There was a significant difference ( P  < 0.0001) in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) between the infected and control groups.}, author = {Mbuh, J. and Mbwaye, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {6081900}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.013}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304401705002372}, day = {10}, doi = {10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.013}, issn = {03044017}, journal = {Veterinary Parasitology}, keywords = {fasciola-gigantica, serum-biochemistry, swp-cameroon, west-african-dwarf-goats}, month = {August}, number = {3-4}, pages = {255--259}, posted-at = {2009-11-07 07:08:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Serological changes in goats experimentally infected with in Buea sub-division of S.W.P. Cameroon}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.013}, volume = {131}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081900 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081900 N2 - Based on the recent increase in the rearing of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats in this environment, a study of biochemical parameters was carried out in healthy and infected goats to obtain baseline data for monitoring the health and productive indices in breeding programmes for the goats. The results revealed variations in some of the parameters studied. The serum minerals potassium, chlorine and bicarbonate did not show any significant differences ( P  > 0.05) between the infected and control groups of goats, but there was a significant difference ( P  < 0.0001) in sodium, calcium and urea levels. For serum lipids cholesterol and triglyceride, there were significant ( P  < 0.0001) differences between the infected and control group. This goes same for serum proteins, albumin and total proteins. However, serum enzymes, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) were not significantly different ( P  > 0.05) between the infected and control groups. There was a significant difference ( P  < 0.0001) in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) between the infected and control groups. IS - 3-4 JF - Veterinary Parasitology SN - 03044017 EP - 259 TI - Serological changes in goats experimentally infected with in Buea sub-division of S.W.P. Cameroon VL - 131 SP - 255 KW - fasciola-gigantica KW - serum-biochemistry KW - swp-cameroon KW - west-african-dwarf-goats AU - Mbuh, J AU - Mbwaye, J PY - 2005/08/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.013 ER -