SERUM PROTEINOGRAM CONCENTRATION IN CROSSBRED LAMBS (SANTA INÊS X DORPER) FROM BIRTH UNTIL 90 DAYS OLD: EFFECT OF THE AGE AND MONITORING OF COLOSTRUM INGESTION

Authors

  • Débora de Fátima Matias Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA
  • Joselito Nunes Costa UFBA
  • Alexandre Lôpo Araújo ADAB
  • Antônio Oliveira Costa Neto UEFS
  • Maria Ângela Ornelas Almeida UFBA
  • Vitor Santiago Carvalho UFBA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i4.4848

Keywords:

Animal Sanity

Abstract

The failure of passive immunity transfer, which has been a major obstacle in the sheep industry, is an important cause of neonatal diseases and mortality. In search of an effective management measure to solve this problem, the effects of the age and the monitoring of colostrum administration on the dynamics of the serum proteins were evaluated. Forty-four lambs were used and divided into two groups: monitored colostrums intake (MO), with 8 animals, and non-monitored colostrums intake (NM), with 36 animals, along with clinical evaluation, hemogram and total serum protein assessment and its electrophoretic fractioning, 24-72h after birth, at 7, 15, 30, 60 and 90 days of age. The MO group was followed in two additional times: before and six hours after colostrum intake. Total protein and gammaglobulin (g/dL) in the MO group presented the minimum values right after birth (3.62 ± 0.70 and 0.32 ± 0.12) and the maximum 24-72 hours after birth (7.98 ± 1.95 and 3.39 ± 1.13). Such concentrations also showed the same behavior in the NM group, with lower values (5.57 ± 1.45 and 1.80 ± 0.95), and with significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) between groups. Between 15 to 30 days, the values of these variables decreased in both groups, and increased up to 90 days. In all experimental moments, the MO group showed higher values of gammaglobulin than NM group. The conclusions of this paper are that most of protein fractions, mainly total protein and gammaglobulin, undergo changes with the age development, and that the monitoring of colostrum intake increased significantly the levels of gammaglobulin.

KEYWORDS: Endogenous antibodies, failure of passive immunity transfer, immunoglobulins, neonatal period, serum proteins.

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Author Biographies

Débora de Fátima Matias Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA

Possui graduação em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade de Brasília (2004). Foi bolsista de PIBIC, realizando estudos sobre produtividade de ovinos na região Centro-Oeste. Concluiu mestrado em Ciência Animal nos Trópicos na área de Saúde Animal da Universidade Federal da Bahia, com projeto de pesquisa em estudo do período neonatal de cordeiros. Tem experiência em Medicina Veterinária especialmente em Clínica Médica de Grandes Animais, atuando principalmente na área de ruminantes, nos seguintes temas: ovinocultura, proteinograma, mortalidade de cordeiros, falha de transferência da imunidade passiva.

Joselito Nunes Costa, UFBA

Possui graduação em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (1985), mestrado em Clínica Veterinária pela Universidade de São Paulo (1995) e doutorado em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2001). Atualmente é Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Patologia e Clínicas e Coordenador do Centro de Desenvolvimento da Pecuária da Escola de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Tem experiência na área de Medicina Veterinária, com ênfase em Clínica Veterinária, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: doenças de ruminantes, hematologia e imunologia.

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Published

2010-12-21

How to Cite

SILVA, D. de F. M.; COSTA, J. N.; ARAÚJO, A. L.; COSTA NETO, A. O.; ALMEIDA, M. Ângela O.; CARVALHO, V. S. SERUM PROTEINOGRAM CONCENTRATION IN CROSSBRED LAMBS (SANTA INÊS X DORPER) FROM BIRTH UNTIL 90 DAYS OLD: EFFECT OF THE AGE AND MONITORING OF COLOSTRUM INGESTION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 4, p. 794–805, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i4.4848. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4848. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Animal Production

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