Serum proteins of normal goats and goats with caseous lymphadenitis
Desiderio, J.V.; Turillo, L.A.; Campbell, S.G.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 40(3): 400-402
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 475093 Document Number: 140627
Values for total serum proteins and relative percentages of albumin, alpha 1-globulin, alpha 2-globulin, beta-globulin, and gamma-globulin were determined for the goat. These normal values were compared with those obtained for goats infected with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Goats chronically infected with C pseudotuberculosis show significantly higher total serum protein values than normal goats, apparently due to increased gamma-globulins. This higher protein value is also associated with a decrease in serum alpha 2- and beta-globulins.