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Volume 18(3): 287-292, 2014. Redacted 2017.


Changes in circulating trace elements and antioxidant vitamins during aging in camels

 

Aliasghar Chalmeh*, Mehrdad Pourjafar, Khalil Badiei, Saeed Nazifi, Azin Setayesh, Mojtaba Naghib

 

Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

 

ABSTRACT

 

Chalmeh A, Pourjafar M, Badiei K, Nazifi S, Setayesh A, Naghib M., Changes in circulating trace elements and antioxidant vitamins during aging in camels, Onl J Vet Res., 18(3): 287-292, 2014. Changes in circulating trace elements and antioxidant vitamins during aging in camels are reported. Groups of 6 healthy dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) each were assigned into 1, 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 >10 year old groups. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for zinc, copper, selenium, vitamins A, E and C. Serum concentrations of copper and vitamin A increased with aging whereas selenium and vitamin C decreased. Copper and vitamin A may maintain antioxidative properties in aged camels. The findings show changing patterns of oxidative stress biomarkers during aging in camels.

 

Keywords: aging, oxidative stress, vitamins and trace elements, dromedary camels.


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