An Investigation of Blood Selenium Concentrations of Goats in New York State

McComb, Timothy; Bischoff, Karyn; Thompson, Belinda; Smith, Mary C.; Mohammed, Hussni O.; Ebel, Joseph G.; Hillebrandt, Joseph

doi:10.1177/104063871002200504

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“…Similar levels of Se have been found in the blood of newborn calves and their mothers (Pavlata et al, 2004). In contrast to the obtained results herein, blood level of Se in the adult goats was significantly higher than those in neonate and juvenile goats (McComb et al, 2010). Also, the lower level of Se in the whole blood of goat kids has been reported in comparison with their mothers at first day of life (Misurova et al, 2009).…”

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Age‐related changes in thyroid hormones, some serum oxidative biomarkers and trace elements and their relationships in healthy Saanen goat kids during the first three month of age

Valavi

Zaeemi

Mohri

2021

Animal Physiology Nutrition

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Background Early‐life diseases in dairy animals are main causes of economic loss in livestock production. Oxidative stress (OS) and thyroid hormones are important inter‐related components in the normal physiology of this critical period of life. However, limited information regarding their physiology in goat kids is available. This study was conducted to investigate the age‐related changes of thyroid hormones, some serum oxidative biomarkers and trace elements in healthy Saanen goat kids. Methods Nineteen newborn healthy Saanen goat kids (14 females and five males) were studied longitudinally from birth until three months of age. Blood sampling was performed 24–48 h after birth and was repeated on 10 ± 2, 28 ± 2, 56 ± 2 and 84 ± 2 days of age. The serum levels of thyroid hormones, malondialdehyde (MDA), reduced glutathione (GSH), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), selenium (Se), manganese (Mn) and molybdenum (Mo) were measured. Results Age‐related changes were observed for all measured variables except for MDA (p < 0.05). A decreasing trend was detected throughout the study in thyroid hormones, T3: T4 ratio and Mn (p < 0.01). Some factors decreased from birth to day 10 (Se) or day 28 (TAC and GSH) and followed by an increasing trend that extended to day 84 (p < 0.01). There were significant correlations between thyroid hormones and TAC, as well as Mn levels (p < 0.05). Conclusions These results imply that specific age‐related reference values are essential for proper interpretation of the serum level of thyroid hormones and Mn in Saanen goat kids during the first three months of life. In addition, given the high level of thyroid hormones particularly during the first days of life, and their relationship with oxidative biomarkers and trace elements, improving the antioxidant system in this critical period is essential.

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“…During milk suckling, Se level in the blood of neonates is influenced by the saturation of their mothers, as Se permeates placental and mammary barriers (Pavlata et al, 2004). In addition to sampling time, differences in location, breed, as well as nutritional status may contribute to contradictory results (McComb et al, 2010).…”

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Age‐related changes in thyroid hormones, some serum oxidative biomarkers and trace elements and their relationships in healthy Saanen goat kids during the first three month of age

Valavi

Zaeemi

Mohri

2021

Animal Physiology Nutrition

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“…The results from this study showed that effective stabilization in goats. Graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy used to determine the concentration of heavy metals and also blood selenium concentrations of goats and cattle [ 208 , 209 ], lead and cadmium concentrations in goat, cow, sheep, and buffalo milks [ 210 ].…”

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Theranostics Aspects of Various Nanoparticles in Veterinary Medicine

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Lin

Huang

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Nanoscience and nanotechnology shows immense interest in various areas of research and applications, including biotechnology, biomedical sciences, nanomedicine, and veterinary medicine. Studies and application of nanotechnology was explored very extensively in the human medical field and also studies undertaken in rodents extensively, still either studies or applications in veterinary medicine is not up to the level when compared to applications to human beings. The application in veterinary medicine and animal production is still relatively innovative. Recently, in the era of health care technologies, Veterinary Medicine also entered into a new phase and incredible transformations. Nanotechnology has tremendous and potential influence not only the way we live, but also on the way that we practice veterinary medicine and increase the safety of domestic animals, production, and income to the farmers through use of nanomaterials. The current status and advancements of nanotechnology is being used to enhance the animal growth promotion, and production. To achieve these, nanoparticles are used as alternative antimicrobial agents to overcome the usage alarming rate of antibiotics, detection of pathogenic bacteria, and also nanoparticles being used as drug delivery agents as new drug and vaccine candidates with improved characteristics and performance, diagnostic, therapeutic, feed additive, nutrient delivery, biocidal agents, reproductive aids, and finally to increase the quality of food using various kinds of functionalized nanoparticles, such as liposomes, polymeric nanoparticles, dendrimers, micellar nanoparticles, and metal nanoparticles. It seems that nanotechnology is ideal for veterinary applications in terms of cost and the availability of resources. The main focus of this review is describes some of the important current and future principal aspects of involvement of nanotechnology in Veterinary Medicine. However, we are not intended to cover the entire scenario of Veterinary Medicine, despite this review is to provide a glimpse at potential important targets of nanotechnology in the field of Veterinary Medicine. Considering the strong potential of the interaction between the nanotechnology and Veterinary Medicine, the aim of this review is to provide a concise description of the advances of nanotechnology in Veterinary Medicine, in terms of their potential application of various kinds of nanoparticles, secondly we discussed role of nanomaterials in animal health and production, and finally we discussed conclusion and future perspectives of nanotechnology in veterinary medicine.

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“…The laboratory normal reference values for serum albumin, total proteins, AST, GGT, and CK were 24-44 g/l, 64-78 g/l, 58-350 IU/l, 5-89 IU/l and 20-194 IU/l, respectively. The threshold selenium concentration in whole blood below which goats were considered selenium deficient was 0.07 mg/dl (McComb et al, 2010).…”

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