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Serum haptoglobin and protein electrophoretic fraction modifications in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) around calving and during early lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2019

Matteo Gianesella ,
Enrico Fiore ,
Francesca Arfuso ,
Domenico Vecchio ,
Giulio Curone ,
Massimo Morgante ,
Elisa Mazzotta ,
Tamara Badon ,
Pasquale Rossi  and
Silvia Bedin
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Matteo Gianesella
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Enrico Fiore
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Francesca Arfuso
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina (ME), Italy
Domenico Vecchio
Affiliation:
National Reference Centre on Water Buffalo Farming and Productions Hygiene and Technologies, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Via delle Calabrie 27, 84132, Salerno (SA), Italy
Giulio Curone
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Celoria 10, 20133, Milano (MI), Italy
Massimo Morgante
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Elisa Mazzotta
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Tamara Badon
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Pasquale Rossi
Affiliation:
Veterinary Practitioner, Via Favella della Corte sn, 87064 Corigliano Calabro (CS), Italy
Silvia Bedin
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16 – 35020, Padua (PD), Italy
Alessandro Zumbo
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina (ME), Italy
Giuseppe Piccione*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168, Messina (ME), Italy
*
Author for correspondence: Giuseppe Piccione, Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Serum protein distribution and concentration can be affected by different physiological and pathological conditions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in the concentration of serum protein fractions and haptoglobin in clinically healthy dairy buffaloes during late pregnancy and early lactation. Blood and milk samples were collected from 30 buffaloes at around 7 d before expected calving (blood only) and 7, 30 and 50 d after calving. In serum samples, the total protein, haptoglobin, albumin, α1-, α2-, β1-, β2-, γ-globulins, and albumin/globulin ratio (A/G) values were evaluated. In milk, fat%, protein%, lactose%, somatic cell score (SCS) were assessed, along with milk yield (MY) and daily milk production (DMP). The peripartum period significantly influenced (P < 0.005) total protein, albumin, haptoglobin, α2-, β2- and γ-globulins (P < 0.005). Milk yield, DMP and fat% changed significantly throughout the monitoring period (P < 0.005). Milk yield and DMP were positively correlated with total protein, albumin, β2-globulins and A/G ratio, and negatively correlated with haptoglobin and α2-globulins. These results provide new knowledge about the serum protein electrophoretic pattern in Italian Mediterranean Buffaloes during the last phase of pregnancy and early stages of lactation.

Keywords

Buffaloeselectrophoresishaptoglobinmilk compositiontotal proteins
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , August 2019 , pp. 291 - 295
Copyright
Copyright © Hannah Dairy Research Foundation 2019 

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