Plasmatic protein values in captive adult Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)
Author:
Gaspar-López Enrique,Estevez Jose,Landete-Castillejos Tomás,Ceacero Francisco,Gallego Laureano,García Andrés
Abstract
AbstractThe aim of this study was to assess the time trend of plasmatic proteins in red deer stags. Blood samples were taken monthly from 17 male red deer for 22 months. Total plasmatic determination and protein electrophoresis were performed. Plasmatic proteins showed minimum values during spring and summer and a maximum at the peak of the mating period. Total globulins, β and γ, followed a pattern similar to that observed for total proteins, whereas α1 and α2 globulins showed no seasonal variations. Albumin showed higher values in early spring and summer and lower values at the beginning of autumn, coinciding with the mating season. These seasonal changes in plasmatic proteins should be taken into account when assessing blood protein analysis results.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Neuroscience
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