SERUM SIALIC ACID, LİPİD-BOUND SIALIC ACID LEVELS IN SHEEP NATURALLY CHRONIC INFECTED WITH FASCIOLA HEPATİCA

Authors : Handan MERT, Süleyman KOZAT, Suat EKÎN, Nihat MERT, İbrahim YÖRÜK

Pages : 40-46

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Publication Date : 2006-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study to show the importance of sialic acid and lipid-bound sialic acid levels besides some hematological and biochemical parameters with respect to prognosis in detecting the degeneration and functional disorders in the livers of sheep with chronic fascioliasis. This study was carried out on twenty-two female Akkaraman sheep consisting of 10 healthy sheep and 12 sheep naturally chronic infectedwith Fasciola hepatica. In the statistical analyses, in the beginning of the study day 0. , levels of sheep with chronic fascioliasis were compared with the control group levels, a signifîcant decrease was observed in the Hct p
Keywords : Koyun, Fasciola hepatica, sialik asit, lipid bound sialik asit