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Changes in Serum, Glyco-, and Lipoproteins in Normal and Colostrum-Deprived Calves¹

Department of Animal Science

E. S. Erwin

Formerly in Department of Animal Science; currently with Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis

Vearl R. Smith and John Fleming

Department of Dairy Science, University of Arizona, Tucson

ABSTRACT

Serum proteins play important roles in various metabolic processes including nutrient transport (5) as well as in the maintenance of osmotic pressures (1, 2). Recently, Japanese workers (14) have studied the affinities of serum protein fractions to steroid hormones. Certain fractions of the serum proteins undergo characteristic changes in specific disease conditions (15) and, thus, the changes in serum protein observed by electrophoretic studies would be a valuable clinical aid in diagnosis.

Filter paper electrophoresis has been shown to be a valuable research technique, especially in the study of blood proteins (15, 16). In serum proteins, the results of paper electrophoresis agree closely with those of free electrophoresis (16). Although quantitative results may not be expected for glyco- and lipoproteins (16), paper electrophoresis is, nevertheless, a valuable aid in the study of the changes which these proteins undergo in the serum.

Several groups of workers (4, 6, 8, 11, 12) have studied the development of serum protein fractions in lambs (4), calves (8, 11, 12), and goats (6).

¹ Contribution from Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Paper No. 551.