title: A biochemical investigation on chicken gout observed in the Marmara region in Turkey.
abstract: Poultry breeding has economical importance for the people living in Bursa and surrounding villages. Similar to some sporadic disease, gout can also be reason for production loses and death in laying and broiler chickens. Gout cases have been observed in some pens of a big poultry company. In this study 20 healthy control and 40 sick Studler Iso-Brown chickens were used as research materials. Blood were taken from heart by syringe to plastic tubes with EDTA. Plasma were collected and analyzed for total protein, uric acid, bicarbonate, vitamin A, calcium and orotic acid. The blood levels of healthy and sick groups were; total protein % 4.60-5.98 gr, uric acid % 10.19-38.09 mg, bicarbonate 27.37-35.73 mEq/l, vitamin A % 42.20-35.55 mcg, calcium % 8.38-8.25 mg and orotic acid % 1.42-1.97 mg, respectively. Statistical analysis was done by t test. There were statistical importance for total protein, bicarbonate (p less than 0.01) and for uric acid (p less than 0.001) differences. Feeding program analysis was done and a feeding disturbance was determined. Chicken in gout observed pens have fed with chicken developing feed for two weeks earlier. For this case diet was the reason of gout.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000097:blood; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002645:Chickens; D006073:Gout / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*; D009963:Orotic Acid / Q000097:blood; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D014421:Turkey; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D001798:Blood Proteins; D014801:Vitamin A; D014527:Uric Acid; D009963:Orotic Acid; D002118:Calcium