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7886921

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of experimental fasciolosis at various stages of development on the daily food intake of sheep. Five male Churra sheep, 4 months of age, were infected orally with 300 Fasciola hepatica metacercariae over a 30 day period. There was a significant increase in serum glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) activity from 40 days post-infection and in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity from 60 days post-infection. Both enzyme activities reached maximum levels in the serum of infected animals at 80 days and then progressively decreased. Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity was significantly increased from 80 to 120 days post-infection. Glycaemia was significantly decreased from 60 days post-infection. The average daily food intake was shown to steadily decrease until approximately 100 days. The coincidence of decreased food intake with the period of significant increase, both in AST and GLDH activities, indicated that damage caused around the time of migration of immature flukes through the liver parenchyma may be involved in appetite depression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Appetite depression in sheep experimentally infected with Fasciola hepatica L.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Patologia Animal (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Leon, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't