Clinico-pathological studies on naturally-occurring bovine fascioliasis in the Sudan

1975 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Haroun ◽  
M. F. Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Serum Iron ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Iron Concentration ◽  
Total Iron ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liver Pathology ◽  
Total Iron Binding Capacity ◽  
Iron Saturation ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Iron Binding Capacity

AbstractAn investigation was made of the pathological, haematological and biochemical aspects of naturallyoccurring bovine fascioliasis in the Sudan. 228 animals infected with Fasdola gigantica and 25 non-infected controls were used in the study.The infected cattle revealed emaciation, typical liver pathology, and, occasionally, lesions in the lung and the pancreas. Analysis of their sera also showed reduced albumin values, increased globulin concentrations and decreased albumin/globulin ratio, in addition to increased arginase activity. The serum iron concentration, on the other hand, was decreased, while the total iron binding capacity increased and the resultant iron saturation values reduced. Haematological findings in the infected animals included reduced erythrocyte counts, decreased haematocrjt values, increased mean corpuscular volumes, eosinophilia and decreased neutrophil, lymphocyte and monocytc counts.

scholarly journals Effects of Transferrin (TF) Polymorphism on the Levels of Some Blood Serum Indices in Clinically Healthy Piglets and Piglets with Diarrhoea Caused by <i>Escherichia coli</i>

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 484-493
Author(s):  
G. M. Życzko ◽  
K. Życzko ◽  
J. Osek
Keyword(s):  
Blood Serum ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Iron Concentration ◽  
Total Iron ◽  
Total Iron Binding Capacity ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Iron Saturation ◽  
Suckling Piglets ◽  
Iron Binding Capacity ◽  
Made In

Abstract. The effect of transferrin (TF) polymorphism and the levels of some blood serum indices, functionally linked to this protein, were studied. The following determinations were made in the blood serum of 311 hybrid suckling piglets - TF polymorphism, TIBC (total iron binding capacity), TF iron saturation percentage and levels of iron ceruloplasmin (CP) and copper. Clinically healthy piglets and piglets with diarrhoea caused by E. coli were divided into younger (aged 10 to 14 days) and older (aged 15 to 28 days). The piglets showed two genotypes, TF AB and TF BB. The TF BB genotype dominated among clinically healthy piglets, and the TF AB genotype in those suffering from diarrhoea. TF polymorphism differentiated the levels of CP and copper in clinically healthy piglets, and modified iron concentration and TF iron saturation percentage in piglets with diarrhoea. Regardless of health status, age had an almost identical effect on the levels of blood serum indices in piglets of both genotypes. The differences in the levels of CP, iron, and TF iron saturation percentage in healthy piglets and piglets with diarrhoea were modified by the presence of the TFA allele, but in older piglets only.

Day-to-day variation in serum ferritin concentration in healthy subjects.

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
V A Pilon ◽  
P J Howanitz ◽  
J H Howanitz ◽  
N Domres
Keyword(s):  
Serum Ferritin ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Serum Iron ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Total Iron ◽  
Iron Binding ◽  
Total Iron Binding Capacity ◽  
Ferritin Concentration ◽  
Iron Saturation ◽  
Iron Binding Capacity

Abstract We report our observations on day-to-day variation in serum ferritin, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity, and percent saturation of binding proteins with iron in 13 ostensibly healthy subjects during five weeks. The average intrasubject coefficients of variation were 14.5, 28.5, 4.8, and 28.0%, respectively. Precision studies on control samples showed greater within-assay and between-assay analytical variation for serum ferritin than for serum iron or total iron-binding capacity. Evidently, serum ferritin varies less in a given individual from day to day than do serum iron and percent iron saturation. Thus, a single measurement of serum ferritin may be a more reliable index of iron stores than an isolated determination of either serum iron or percent iron saturation.

Chemical and immunochemical measurement of total iron-binding capacity compared.

1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1788-1791 ◽  
Author(s):  
G J Buffone ◽  
S A Lewis ◽  
M Iosefsohn ◽  
J M Hicks
Keyword(s):  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Total Iron ◽  
The Other ◽  
Iron Binding ◽  
Total Iron Binding Capacity ◽  
Analytical Recovery ◽  
Immunochemical Methods ◽  
Iron Binding Capacity

Abstract Radiometric, colorimetric, and two immunochemical methods for measuring total iron-binding capacity are compared. We evaluated the procedures on the basis of precision, applicability to a pediatric population, and accuracy as assessed by analytical recovery of purified transferrin. The immunoephelometric assay for transferrin provides significant advantages over the other methods examined.

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