Serum protein electrophoresis of free-ranging and captive loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), from north coast of Bahia, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.11606/S1413-95962008000700017Keywords:
Electrophoresis, Protein, Loggerhead sea turtlesAbstract
The purpose of this study was to determine and to compare the serum protein electrophoresis profile in female loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), free-ranging (n=20) nesting in the north coast of Bahia and in the animals kept in captivity (n=5) in the visitor center of the Projeto Tamar-Ibama, in Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil. The values obtained for the free-ranging turtles were: total protein 3,84±0,56g/dL, albumin 1,39±0,30g/dL, alfa-1 and alfa-2 globulin 0,34±0,09g/dL and 0,42±0,22g/dL, beta globulin 0,57±0,26g/dL, and gama globulin 1,16±0,30g/dL, and A:G ratio 0,58±0,16, while for the captives ones these values were: total protein 4,98±1,31g/dL, albumin 1,64±0,55g/dL, alfa-1, alfa-2, beta and gama globulin 0,39±0,24g/dL, 0,68±0,44g/dL, 0,68±0,13g/dL and 1,59±0,31g/dL, respectively; A:G ratio 0,49±0,08. The total protein values were significantly higher (p<0,05) for the captivity turtles; this fact may be related with the high protein feeding. Differences were also identified for the gamma globulin for the free-ranging, which presented lower values, probably due to reproductive stress and immunosuppression. Despite these considerations, the electrophoresis profile for the two loggerhead turtles groups were similar in general.Downloads
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2008-12-01
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Pires TT, Rostan G, Bittencourt TCC de, Almeida M Ângela O de, Guimarães JE. Serum protein electrophoresis of free-ranging and captive loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), from north coast of Bahia, Brazil. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2008 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 May 8];45(supl.):121-6. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26739