FREE PLASMA AMINO-ACID PROFILES OF NORMAL AND TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX INFECTED SHEEP

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 29  (3) , 330-334
Abstract
The free amino acids in the plasma of normal and T. vivax infected sheep and in the trypanosome were determined. Threonine, asparagine, methionine, tyrosine, citrulline, ornithine, histidine, arginine and urea were significantly decreased in the plasma of infected sheep. Alanine was significantly elevated in plasma of infected sheep. Valine, isoleucine and leucine values were elevated in plasma of infected sheep, although not at significant level. Taurine was present among the amino acid profile of T. vivax and in the plasma of normal and infected sheep. The significance of the amino acid changes in terms of host and T. vivax metabolism is discussed.

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