title: Effect of experimental duck virus hepatitis infection on some biochemical constituents and enzymes in the serum of white Pekin ducklings.
abstract: Experimental duck virus hepatitis infection of 11-day-old white Pekin ducklings having specific maternal antibodies revealed significant changes in some biochemical constituents and enzymes of the serum during the 3 weeks following exposure. These changes included a marked decrease in the total proteins and the albumin fraction, together with a significant elevation in levels of alkaline phosphatase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, bilirubin, and creatinine. Most of these changes were attributed primarily to a deranged liver function associated with duck virus hepatitis infection.
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000510:Alpha-Globulins / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001609:Beta-Globulins / Q000032:analysis; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004372:Ducks; D004770:Enterovirus; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004371:Hepatitis Virus, Duck; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D001609:Beta-Globulins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D003404:Creatinine; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D001663:Bilirubin