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Changes in the concentration of plasma proteins in intensively bred ewes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2009
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The mean concentration of plasma albumin in 30 Finnish Landrace x Dorset Horn ewes subjected to intensive breeding decreased as the number of pregnancies increased from three to seven; it also changed significantly within a pregnancy. Gamma globulin concentration was not affected by the number of pregnancies but decreased significantly within a pregnancy. Total plasma protein was affected like albumin by the number and stage of pregnancy.
Plasma volume increased by 23 % in the latter third of pregnancy.
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