Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals (Sixth Edition) - UMK ...

TABLE 26-7 Biochemical Constituents of CSF of Foals and Horses a
Constituent Rossdale
et al., 1982
Andrews et al.,
1994
Andrews et al.,
1990a
Andrews
et al., 1990b
Rossdale
et al., 1982
Mayhew, 1977 b Fankhauser,
1962
Age 40 hrs
c
10 days 4–9 years NS Adult 0.75–15 years Adult
Methods
#RBC/ μ l
Necropsy
NS
NS
2000
No
600
2 of 12
NS
NS
NS
NS
195.15 511.96
No
NS
NS
Total protein (mg/dl)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
Method
138 50
(70–210)
Biuret
82.8 19.2
(56.7–115)
83.6 16.1
(60.5–116)
Coomassie
brilliant blue
87.0 17.0
(59–118)
93 16
(65–124)
Coomassie
brilliant blue
105 38
(40–170)
Biuret
d
37.23 28.4
5–100 e –0.46 13.7
(LS-CM
difference)
TCA
47.58
(28.75–71.75)
NS
Albumin (mg/dl SD)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
52.0 8.6
(34–64)
53.8 15.7
(30–92)
35.8 9.7
(24–51)
37.8 11.2
(24–56)
38.64
(22.62–67.94)
Albumin quotient ( SD)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
1.86 0.29
(1.55–2.33)
1.85 0.51
(1.07–2.88)
1.4 0.4
(1–2.1)
1.5 0.4
(1–2.4)
Globulin (mg/dl) 9.34(3.37–18.37)
IgG (mg/dl SD)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
10.2 5.5
(3–22)
9.9 5.7
(3–22.5)
5.6 1.4
(3–8)
6.0 2.1
(3–10)
IgG index ( SD)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
0.519 0.284
(0.095–0.942)
0.482 0.27
(0.091–2.089)
0.19 0.046
(0.12–0.27)
0.194 0.05
(0.12–0.26)
Alkaline phosphatase (IU) 0.83 0.95
0–8 e
Aspartate transferase (IU)
Cerebellomedullary
Lumbosacral
16.6 7.6
(6–26)
4–16 e
0–16 e
18.27 10.8
(7.5–30)
30.74 6.31 SFU
15–50 e
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