Impairment in the pituitary-thyroid axis of the Camelus dromedarius infected with Trypanosoma evansi.
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.
al-Qarawi
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, King Saud University, Bureldah, AlQassim, KSA.
Abdel-Rahman
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Elmougy
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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*
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013972:Thyrotropin