Research Article

Changes in the Serum Protein Fractions in Goats after Treatment of Natural Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections

Table 2

Differences in the concentrations of total serum proteins (TPs, g/l) and absolute values of protein fractions (g/l) in goats before (BT) and after (AT) antiparasitic treatment (mean ± SD).

VariablesTime of analysis value
BTAT

TP74.0 ± 5.5685.0 ± 5.47<0.001
Albumin30.6 ± 3.8731.1 ± 4.09n.s.
α1-globulins5.8 ± 0.736.5 ± 0.82<0.001
α2-globulins9.7 ± 0.5010.7 ± 0.90<0.05
β-globulins3.7 ± 0.644.8 ± 0.80<0.001
γ-globulins24.2 ± 6.1431.9 ± 7.61<0.001

value- significance of the differences in means; n.s.- not significant.