Abstract
The correlation between the formol-gel reaction and the concentration of different serum proteins was investigated in 289 cattle with chiefly chronic diseases.
A close correlation, though not linear, was found between the quantity of globulin and the time of gelification. A positive formol-gel reaction within 24 hrs. indicated an elevated globulin level in serum. Increasingly marked rises of globulin were observed with shorter gelification times. A negative formol-gel reaction after 24 hrs. showed that the globulin concentration was at normal level.
The results are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.
It is concluded that the formol-gel reaction is of diagnostic and prognostic value for clinical work within bovine medicine.
Keywords: formol-gel test, formol-gel reaction, serum globulin, chronic inflammations, cattle
Sammanfattning
Korrelationen melian formolgelreaktionen och koncentrationen av olika serumproteiner undersöktes hos 289 nötkreatur med huvudsakligen kroniska sjukdomar.
Ett nära samband, dock icke linjärt, konstaterades melian globulinmängden och gelbildningstiden. Positiv formolgelreaktion inom 24 timmar angav en förhöjd globulinnivå i serum. Allt mer markerade globulinstegringar iakttogs med kortare stelningstider. Negativ formolgelreaktion efter 24 timmar visade att globulinkoncentrationen låg på normal nivå.
Undersökningsresultaten diskuteras i ljuset av relevant litteratur.
Som konklusion framhålles att formolgelreaktionen har diagnostiskt och prognostiskt värde för kliniskt arbete inom nötkreaturs-medicinen.
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Footnotes
The investigation was supported by the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research.
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