Serum protein electrophoretic pattern in clinically healthy calves and cows

The determination of serum proteins and their electrophoretic profiles is an important diagnostic aid in clinical biochemistry. Serum protein electrophoresis is a common technique of laboratory diagnosis in human, and has been studied intensively in small animal and equine medicine (Riond et al. , 2009). However, in bovine medicine, the electrophoretic separation of serum proteins is a rarely used laboratory method. The pattern of serum protein electrophoresis results depends on the fractions of two major types of proteins: albumin and globulins. Many pathologic conditions can cause shifts in albumin and globulin concentrations (Keay and Doxey, 1982). Moreover, abnormalities of serum protein electrophoretic pattern must be interpreted in the view of the many other influences not associated with diseases. The age of evaluated animals is an important factor that may affect the concentrations of frequently analyzed biochemical variables, and may also influence the serum protein electrophoretic pattern. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.