title: Plasma creatine kinase as an indicator of degenerative myopathy in live turkeys.
abstract: 1. Diagnosis for degenerative myopathy of the Musculus supracoracoideus (DMS) in the live bird was attempted from plasma creatine kinase (CK) [EC 2.7.3.2] activities in 70 female turkeys. The blood of each bird was sampled 18 to 20 times over an age span of 16 to 79 weeks. 2. DMS incidence was 15.7%. 3. After CK values were logarithmically transformed and corrected for bleeding date, 82% of the affected birds had one CK value that deviated 3 or more standard deviations from the mean of other values for the same bird. The results indicate that plasma CK activities can be used to identify affected birds with a high degree of reliability.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase