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Aug, 2009

Influence of Zinc Deficiency to the Rats Infected with Babesia rodhaini

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Keiko Hamaguchi
  • ,
  • Kazunori Ike
  • ,
  • Rie Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Tatsushi Morita
  • ,
  • Soichi Imai

Volume
71
Number
8
First page
1085
Last page
1088
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1292/jvms.71.1085
Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI

Zinc deficiency induces a wide range of disorders including immunodeficiency. It is known that microbial infections occur with a high frequency in the zinc-deficient hosts, but the study on the correlation between parasitic infection and zinc status ill hosts is scarcely performed. We observed that the influence of zinc deficiency to the rats infected with Babesia rodhaini. Experiments of B. rodhaini infection were conducted using zinc-deficient (ZD; eat ad libitum or 10 g/day on the ZD diet), zinc-adequate (ZA; eat ad libitum on the ZA diet), and diet-restricted (DR; eat 7 g/day on the ZA diet) rats. The Findings in this study suggested that the zinc deficiency had deleterious effects on the hemodynamics and mortality of the rats infected with A rodhaini.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.71.1085
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721363
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000269634300013&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1292/jvms.71.1085
  • ISSN : 0916-7250
  • Pubmed ID : 19721363
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000269634300013

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