BACKGROUND Retired racing Greyhounds are becoming common as pets. Because of their unique physiology, results of routine laboratory tests are frequently outside the reference interval for dogs. Compared with other breeds, Greyhounds have low serum protein concentrations, but the concentrations of different serum protein fractions have not been reported. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to evalu...

Coconut cake is an abundant and good potential edible protein source. However, until now it has not been extensively used in the food industry. To promote its usage, the characterization, nutrition value and antioxidant activity of coconut cake protein fractions (albumin, globulin, prolamine, glutelin-1 and glutelin-2) were studied. Results revealed that all the albumin, globulin, glutelin-1 an...

During the course of experimental work on leprous patients in Hawaii, Dr. Eric Fennel observed a relationship between the thymol turbidity and cephalin-ehoiesteroi tests, the albumin: globulin ratio and the degree of skin involvement in the cases he studied. He made observations on 25 cases and included some of his fi ndings in a report on the thymol turbidity test (4), but he felt that they we...

A total of 302 samples of healthy farm-cultured Rana catesbeiana specimens (9-21 months-old, 50-350 g liveweight, 50% each sex) from the north-east of Argentina, were analyzed through spectrophotometry, electrophoresis, densitometry, refractometry and microscopy in order to obtain blood and urine normal values. Confidence intervals (p<0.05) for PCV (28.6-31.6%), RBC (0.40-0.44 T/L), MCV (686-73...

This study explained Enhancing Fattening Lamb Performance with Spirulina platensis: Insights into Growth, Blood Metabolism, and Antioxidant Status. 20 lambs. (7-8 months old, (45.0±0.5 kg) were randomly divided two groups, one group receiving a commercial diet the second same but 1g/10kg B.W/day of platensis powder. The lambs weighed at various points during 42-day experiment results showed tha...

We assessed the clinical utility of measuring thyrotropin (TSH) in serum by immunoradiometry and of measuring total thyroxin (TT4), total triiodothyronine (TT3), free thyroxin (FT4), and free triiodothyronine (FT3). We used a group of 110 healthy volunteers, 45 ill hypoalbuminemic patients, and 42 ill normoalbuminemic patients. In addition, the free thyroxin index (FTI) and TT4:thyroxin-binding...

Leukoplakia is the most common potentially malignant disorder of the oral mucosa. The frequency of dysplastic or malignant change varies from 15.6-39.2% in different studies. The risk of developing malignancy at the lesional site is 5 times greater in patients with leukoplakia than in patients without them. Hence, it is necessary for early diagnosis of both leukoplakia and Oral squamous cell ca...

Employing fluorescent antibodies for the detection of homologous plasma proteins in tissue sections, the distribution of plasma albumin, gamma-globulin, beta-lipoprotein, beta(1)-metal-combining globulin, and fibrinogen has been studied in the tissues of infants and children. Plasma albumin, gamma-globulin, and beta(1)-metal-combining globulin were found in many cells and particularly cell nucl...

AIMS To look for differences between matched pairs of patients and controls in concentrations of various plasma constituents which might indicate dysfunctions associated with cataract. METHOD One thousand patients were taken from the cataract waiting list of a specialist eye hospital. For each patient a matched control of the same sex and half-decade of age but without cataract was taken from...