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Volume 22 (8):645-649, 2018.
5-Nucleotidase
in sera of ewes with Brucellosis
Wisam Mahmood
Mohammed, Mustafa Salah Hasan, Noor Khalid Zaidan.
University of Fallujah - College of Veterinary
Medicine, Fallujah, Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Mohammed WM, Hasan MS,
Zaidan NK. 5-Nucleotidase
in sera of ewes with Brucellosis, Onl J Vet Res., 22 (8):645-649, 2018. We measured 5ʹ-nucleotidase (5-NT) in sera of 34-40 ewes with brucellosis,
treated with or without 25 mg/kg streptomycin IM every 48 hours for 16 days. Controls (n=30) consisted of normal sheep.
5-NT catalyzes 5ʹ-ribonucleotides
to the corresponding phosphate and ribonucleoside and
plays an important role in adenosine metabolism in healthy sheep. Brucellosis was
diagnosed by Rosebengal and 2-mercaptoethanol tests
and 5-NT as described by Wood and Williams (2001). Compared with controls (13.8
± 3.31 IU/L) we found highly significant (P < 0.001) increases in 5-NT in
ewes with brucellosis (46.4 ± 3.25 IU/L) but less (P < 0.05) in those given
streptomycin (21.7 ± 2.80 UI/L). There were no differences in total serum protein
between any group. Results suggest that 5ʹ-NT
may reflect inflammation status in ewes with brucellosis.
Key
Words: 5-Nucleotidase, Sera, Ewes, Brucellosis.
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