Total CK and CK-BB activity in serum from sheep with scrapie.
Total CK and iso-enzyme CK-BB activity was measured in serum from four sheep with scrapie and in serum from four healthy control sheep. Blood samples were taken weekly for about six months. There was a clear overlap between the total CK and CK-BB activity in serum from sheep with scrapie and that in serum from control sheep. Thus measurement of these enzymes does not aid the clinical diagnosis of scrapie.
Visser
I J
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Animal Health Service in North-Netherlands, Drachten.
Vermeulen
D J
DJ
Vellema
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Gruys
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012608:Scrapie / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D012756:Sheep
D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase