Investigating the plasma electrophoretic protein profile of kids and lambs during the neonatal period: An overview of their immuno-inflammatory status

The study aimed to evaluate how plasma total proteins, their fractions (i.e. albumin, α1-, β-, γ-globulins) and A/G ratio change in lambs and kids over the first month of life. Ten female Maltese kids and 10 female Comisana lambs were enrolled in the study. Starting from the first day after birth, a...

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Published in:Heliyon 2024-11, Vol.10 (22), p.e40508, Article e40508
Main Authors: Arfuso, Francesca, Rizzo, Maria, Giannetto, Claudia, Briglia, Marilena, Giudice, Elisabetta, Zumbo, Alessandro, Assenza, Anna, Piccione, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Globulins
Goat
Neonatal period
Proteins
Sheep
Small ruminants
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Summary:The study aimed to evaluate how plasma total proteins, their fractions (i.e. albumin, α1-, β-, γ-globulins) and A/G ratio change in lambs and kids over the first month of life. Ten female Maltese kids and 10 female Comisana lambs were enrolled in the study. Starting from the first day after birth, and for a period of 4 weeks, blood samples were taken from each subject. Specifically, for each kid and lamb, blood sampling was performed within 30 min after birth (T0) (pre-colostral), after colostrum intake (T1), and, weekly, for the subsequent 28 days (T7, T14, T21 and T28). The application of two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures (ANOVA) showed the effect of time in the kids and lambs for the values of plasma total proteins, albumin, α1-, β-, γ-globulins and A/G ratio (p 
ISSN:2405-8440
2405-8440
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40508