SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY OF CAMEIS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS) EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH SARCOCYSTIS CAMELI

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Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 1757, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.

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Inoculation of two camel calves with low dose (25 x 104) and high dose (75x104) of Sarcocystis cameli sporocysts obtained from dogs, produced increase activity of aspartate aminotransferase, creatine phospokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, fructose 1,6 diphosphate aldolase and Blucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and decrease in total protein and glucose compared to values of uninfected control. Where, the concentrations of triglycerides, phospholipids, total cholesterol and alanine aminotransferase showed no marked changes.
 

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