title: Enzyme activity in livers from chickens (Gallus domesticus) experimentally infected with the digenetic trematode, Amphimerus elongatus (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae).
abstract: Day old Leghorn chickens were infected with the digenetic trematode Amphimerus elongatus. After different periods of growth, birds were sacrificed and liver enzyme activity determined for six enzymes. Specific activities of adenylate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and phosphoglucomutase were significantly lower in infected chickens than in controls. Creatine kinase and glucosephosphate isomerase activities were unaffected by the parasite.
mesh_terms: D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010473:Perciformes; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000378:metabolism; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase