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The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between thyroid hormones and lipid profile in blood of Iranian Moghani sheep in different ages and sexes. Blood samples were taken from the jugular vein of 260 clinically healthy and nonpregnant animals in eight age groups (1–14 days, 1–2, 2–3, 3–6, 6–12, 12–24, 24–48, and > 48 months) in autumn. The plasma was analyzed to determine thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), free thyroxine (fT4), free triiodothyronine (fT3), cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-cholesterol) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL-cholesterol) concentrations. According to our data from Moghani sheep, an increase in age results in significant decreases in the plasma concentrations of T4, T3, fT4, fT3, cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol (P < 0.05) but no gender-dependent significant differences in the studied parameters were found.
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Abbreviations
- T4 :
-
Thyroxine
- HDL-cholesterol:
-
High-density lipoprotein
- T3 :
-
Triiodothyronine
- LDL-cholesterol:
-
Low-density lipoprotein
- fT4 :
-
Free thyroxine
- VLDL-cholesterol:
-
Very low-density lipoprotein
- fT3 :
-
Free triiodothyronine
- SE:
-
Standard error
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We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Elnaz Afruzeh and Dr. Sadegh Pour Ebrahim from the Danesh Medical Laboratory, Tabriz, Iran and A. Khasevani and Dr. Ghassem Habibi Bibalani, the Research Vice President at Islamic Azad University of Shabestar Branch, for their kind assistance.
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Eshratkhah, B., Sadaghian, M., Eshratkhah, S. et al. Relationship between the blood thyroid hormones and lipid profile in Moghani sheep; influence of age and sex. Comp Clin Pathol 19, 15–20 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-009-0904-x
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