ORIGINAL RESEARCH: Analysis of serum proteins in clinically healthy goats (Capra hircus) using agarose gel electrophoresis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-321

  Alberghina, D ^a   Casella, S ^a   Vazzana, I ^b   Ferrantelli, V ^b   Giannetto, C ^a   Piccione, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Electrophoresis; Goat; Reference interval; Serum proteins

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS;

ALPHA GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBULINS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; GLOBULINS; GOATS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 78149326110     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2010.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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