title: Impairment in the pituitary-thyroid axis of the Camelus dromedarius infected with Trypanosoma evansi.
abstract: Camels infected with Trypanosoma evansi were diagnosed by the Passive Haemagglutination Test and Ag-ELISA and subjected to hormonal blood analyses to estimate the function of the thyroid gland. The results indicated that T. evansi caused a significant case of hypothyroidism evidenced as a decrease in the thyroid triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) blood levels associated with a parallel decrease in the level of blood pituitary thyrotropic hormone (TSH) as measured by the RIA technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Bureldah, AlQassim, KSA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: al-Qarawi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Elmougy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000469:parasitology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000276:immunology*; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013972:Thyrotropin