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Biochemical changes induced by natural infection of trypanosomosis in Burkinabese local donkey breeds

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The study allowed establishing values of certain biochemical parameters in 48 donkeys selected in seven villages of the agro-pastoral zone of Sideradougou, Burkina Faso. Values found in donkeys of this agro-pastoral zone were within the ranges of those found in donkeys elsewhere in the world, except that values of creatinine and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were lower in Burkinabese donkeys. The values of these biochemical parameters varied with trypanosomosis infection in donkeys. Indeed, donkeys suffering from trypanosomosis got higher values alanine transaminase (p = 0.035) than the noninfected donkeys. The values of AST in the healthy donkeys was (p = 0.009). The values of total proteins were significantly higher in the infected donkeys (p = 0.003), while the albumin values did not vary significantly; the variation in proteins concentration was due to globulins levels. The gamma globulin level was increased in the trypanosomosis-infected donkeys (p = 0.003).

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to the General Manager of EISMV, Prof. Louis Joseph Pangui, for providing with facilities and reagents for this study. Special thanks are due to the Chief Executive Officer of CIRDES, Dr. Valentine Yapi-Gnaore, for the provision of excellent working conditions. We are very grateful to Dr. Yaya Adam and Kern Walcher for reviewing the manuscript.

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  1. Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EISMV), Laboratoire d’Endocrinologie et de Radio-Immunologie, BP. 5077, Dakar Fann, Sénégal

    A. Sow, M. Kalandi & G. J. Sawadogo

  2. Pan-African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC/PCZLD), 01 BP. 1087, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso

    I. Sidibé

  3. Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Département de Biologie Animale, BP 5005, Dakar, Sénégal

    A. Bathily & N. P. Ndiaye

  4. Laboratoire Régional d’Elevage de Bobo-Dioulasso, 01 BP 345, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso

    M. Ouédraogo

  5. École des Sciences et de Médecine Vétérinaires, Université de Ngaoundéré, BP. 454, Ngaoundéré, Cameroun

    M. M. M. Mouiche

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Sow, A., Sidibé, I., Kalandi, M. et al. Biochemical changes induced by natural infection of trypanosomosis in Burkinabese local donkey breeds. Comp Clin Pathol 23, 103–109 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-012-1579-2

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