Serum proteinogram of cats experimentally infected by Trypanosoma evansi.
This study was aimed at evaluating the electrophoretic profile of serum proteins in Trypanosoma evansi-infected cats during different periods of infection. Thirteen adult females non-breeding Felis catus were separated into two groups. Animals from the infected group (n=7) were inoculated intraperitoneally with a strain of T. evansi; whereas, animals from the control group (n=6) received a physiological solution. Blood samples were collected at days 0, 7, 21, and 35 for total protein evaluation and protein fractionation by electrophoresis. Albumin (P<0.01), alpha-2 globulin and gamma globulin (P<0.05) concentrations were statistically different from the seventh day post-inoculation onwards. Beta-globulin levels were increased from day 21 onwards (P<0.05). Alpha-1 globulin fraction did not differ statistically. These results indicate that the infection by T. evansi in cats alters the serum protein electrophoretic profile.
Costa
Márcio Machado
MM
Small Animals Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. marmcvet@yahoo.com.br
da Silva
Aleksandro Schafer
AS
Wolkmer
Patrícia
P
Zanette
Régis Adriel
RA
França
Raqueli Teresinha
RT
Monteiro
Silvia Gonzalez
SG
dos Anjos Lopes
Sonia Terezinha
ST
D000818:Animals; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis / Q000662:veterinary; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D012712:Serum Globulins / Q000032:analysis; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*
D001798:Blood Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012712:Serum Globulins