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On the Transferrin Concentration in Serum of Sows and Growing Pigs and in sow Colostrum

Transferrinkoncentrationen i serum hos suggor och smågrisar och kolostrum

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 15, pages 120–134 (1974)Cite this article

Abstract

Immunologically pure transferrin was isolated from swine serum by means of ammoniumsulphate precipitation and ion-exchange chromatography. Rabbit anti-swine transferrin serum was prepared and used for immunological determinations of transferrin in serum and colostrum. The transferrin concentration in serum from piglets was 180 ± 56 mg/100 ml at birth and rather constant by the first days of life. The levels increase to 610 ± 78 mg/100 ml at 6 weeks after birth. The transferrin level of colostrum was 100 mg/100 ml and decreased rapidly. A negative correlation was established between the concentration of haemoglobin and transferrin. The importance of transferrin is discussed.

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Immunologiskt rent transferrin isolerades ur svinserum genom utfällning med ammoniumsulfat och jonbyteskromatografi. Kanin antisvintransferrin serum framställdes och användes för en immunologisk bestämning av transferrin i serum och kolostrum. Transferrinhalten i serum hos smågrisar var tämligen konstant under de förstå dygnen med 180 ± 56 mg/ml vid födeisen, för att stiga till 610 ± 78 mg/100 ml vid 6 veckors ålder. Transferrinvärdena i kolostrum var ca 100 mg/ 100 ml och sjönk snabbt. En negativ korrelation melian koncentrationen av hemoglobin och transferrin i serum förelåg. Betydelsen av transferrin diskuteras.

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Thorén-Tolling, K., Martinsson, K. On the Transferrin Concentration in Serum of Sows and Growing Pigs and in sow Colostrum. Acta Vet Scand 15, 120–134 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547499

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