RESEARCH ARTICLES
SERUM PROTEINS IN INDIAN ELEPHANTS
K. P. Sreekumar and G. Nirmalan
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.1989. 20:88-93
Copyright: © 1989 K. P. Sreekumar et.al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The serum protein profile of baby Indian elephants, tuskers and adult female elephants was studied. Age or sex did not show any influence on the albumin, globulin and albumin: globulin ratio in the three groups. In general, the albumin level was low and globulin level high in elephant serum. A/G ratio was below one. The protein fractionation revealed a qualitative prominence of beta globulin.
