Abstract
Haematology and blood biochemistry were monitored during the development and regression of psoroptic scabies in sheep. There were rises in numbers of neutrophils and eosinophils and in the fibrinogen concentrations, with lowered haemoglobin concentrations any lymphocyte numbers. The only biochemical parameters that were affected were the estimated serum globulin concentration, which rose during the disease process, and the serum albumin concentration, which fell. All of these changes reverted to normal soon after treatment.
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Abbreviations
- CK:
-
creatine kinase
- Diff WBC:
-
differential white blood cell
- E:
-
eosinophils
- GOT:
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asparate aminotransferase
- GT:
-
glutamyl transferase
- Hb:
-
haemoglobin
- Ly:
-
lymphocytes
- M:
-
monocytes
- N:
-
neutrophils
- WBC:
-
white blood cell count
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O'Brien, D.J., Robinson, A.B., Gray, J.S. et al. Haematology and blood biochemistry during the course of psoroptic scabies in sheep. Vet Res Commun 19, 39–48 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01839250
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