Electrophoretic determination of the serum protein distribution on cellulose acetate membrane was performed with blood samples obtained from cattle and pigs in the municipal slaughterhouse in Hiroshima.(1) In normal swine serum, total protein was 7.4±0.95g/d
l, A/G ratio 0.80±0.077, albumin 45±2.8%, α
2-globulin 19±1.0%, β-globulin 18±3.3%, and 7-globulin 18±1.7%.(2) In normal serum from Holstein and Japanese Black cattle, total protein was 7.23±1.04g/d
l, A/G ratio 0.86±0.33, albumin 46±2.3%, α
2-globulin 13.8±2.3%, β-globulin 16.6±5.2%, and γ-globulin 23.4±6.54%.(3) In cattle and pigs with pericarditis, the γ-globulin level was markedly high. Animals with jaundice showed a low A/G ratio and a high γ-globulin level.(4) A substantial increase in the albumin fraction was scen in cows with hepatic abscess and a decrease in protein quotients and albumin fraction in cows with malnutrition.
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