Feb 4, 2016 - Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) is a member of the capripoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae. The disease spread rapidly in cattle and causes ...
13th Sc. Cong. Egyptian Society For Cattle Diseases 1 - 4 Feb. 2016, Hurghada, Egypt
EVALUATION OF BLOOD TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN COWS INFECTED WITH LUMPY SKIN DISEASE Hanan K. Elsayed1, Heba Galaa Mohamed2, Norhan Nashat Abdel Hafiz3 and Mahmoud Rushdi4 1
Internal Medicine, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71526, Assiut, Egypt
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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
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Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis, Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71526, Assiut, Egypt
ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of lumpy skin disease in cattle on blood oxidative stress. A total number of 20 cows were subjected to the study. Out of them, 10 cows showed lesions of lumpy skin disease and constituted the diseased group. The remaining 10 animals were clinically healthy and represented the control group. Whole blood samples were collected on EDTA, the plasma was separated and used for measuring total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and malondialdehyde (MDA). Results revealed a highly significant decrease (P
