Author/Editor | Mesarič, M; Zadnik, T; Klinkon, M | |
Title | Primerjava aktivnosti pepsinogena v serumu govejih pitancev, pozitivnih na enzootsko govejo levkozo (EGL), in krav s čirom na siriščniku | |
Translated title | Comparison of serum pepsinogen activity between enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) positive beef cattle and cows with abomasal ulcers | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Slov Vet Res | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 39, št. 3-4 | |
Publication year | 2002 | |
Volume | str. 231-6 | |
Language | slo, eng | |
Abstract | Serological positive reaction to enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) were established by means of agar- gel- imunodiffusion tests applied to 25 beef cattle. The pepsinogen activity in the serologically-positive sera was determined by using Paynters method. The results were compared with those from a group of 30 clinically healthy EBL negative young cattle and those from a group of 10 animals with pathoanatomical abomasal ulcers. Although not statistically significant, the mean pepsinogen activity in the sera of the EBL-positive beef cattle was higher (3.35 +- 2.31 U/L) than in the control group of EBL-negative animals (2.45 +- 1.00 U/L). The sera of the group of animals with abomasal ulcers had statistically significant higher mean value of pepsinogen (6.48 +- 1.80 U/L) than both the control and EBL-positive groups. A comparison of the established mean pepsinogen values confirmed that EBL-associated lymphosarcoma-related alternations on the abomasal mucosa were not manifested in the majority of the younger animals. | |
Summary | Pri 25 govejih pitancih smo z imunodifuzijskim testom v agarskem gelu (AGID) ugotovili serološko pozitivno reakcijo na enzootsko govejo levkozo (EGL). V serološko pozitivnih serumih smo določali aktivnost pepsinogena po metodi Paynterja. Dobljene rezultate smo primerjali s kontrolno skupino 30 klinično zdravih, na EGL negativnih živalih ter skupino 10 krav, pri katerih smo s patoanatomsko preiskavo ugotovili čir na siriščniku. Povprečna aktivnost pepsinogena v serumu na EGL pozitivnih govejih pitancev je bila višja (3,35 +- 2,31 U/L), vendar se ni statistično značilno razlikovala od kontrolne skupine (2,45 +- 1,00 U/L). Pri živalih z ugotovljenim čirom na siriščniku smo ugotovili statistično značilno (P < 0,001) višjo povprečno aktivnost pepsinogena v serumu (6,48 +- 1,80 U/L) kot pri na EGL pozitivnih pitancih in kontrolni skupini. Primerjava povprečnih aktivnosti pepsinogena pri preiskovanih živali je pokazala, da se ulcerativne limfosarkomatozne spremembe po sluznici siriščnika, povezane z EGL, pri večini na EGL pozitivnih živali še niso manifestirale. | |
Descriptors | ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS ABOMASUM STOMACH ULCER PEPSINOGEN CATTLE IMMUNODIFFUSION |