Open AccessPLASMA VITAMIN C LEVELS IN DERMATOPHILOSIS INFECTED AND ON-INFECTED CATTLE
Author(s) -
S. I. Ette,
O. B. Wilson,
S. R. Amakir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v15i.1222
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , biology , vitamin c , vitamin , zoology , veterinary medicine , blood plasma , virology , food science , medicine , endocrinology
In two separate experiments, blood samples from dermatophilosis infected and non-infected cattle were analyzed for their vitamin C content. In the first experiment using abattoir samples, streptothricosis infected animals showed significantly lower lever (P < 0.01) Of ascorbic acid in mg per 100 ml of plasma (0.56) than non-infected ones (1.11). In the second experiment using samples from live animals, a non- significant decrease in the concentration of Vitamin in C was also observed in infected (0.94) compared with non-infected animals (1.05)