THE EFFECTS OF BILATERAL ORCHIDECTOMY ON SOME SERUM ENZYMES AND PROTEINS IN THE WEST AFRICAN DWARF BUCK

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  • M.O. OYEYEMI Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/

Keywords:

Bilateral orchidectomy, serum, enzymes, goat

Abstract

The effects of bilateral orchidectomy on serum protein and enzyme levels were investigated in 12 healthy West African 
Dwarf bucks over a 7-week period. Although the activity of alkaline phosphatase increased over the period, the 
increases were not statistically significant. There was a significant drop (p<0.05) in the activity of Aspartate amino 
transferase in the last 2 weeks of the study while alanine transaminase (ALAT) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) 
showed variation, which were in some cases significant. There was a slight hypoproteinaemia, which was traceable 
mainly to the globulin fraction. In fact in the 2nd –4th post-treatment week the albumin/globulin ratio (AGR) was 
inverted. The implication of these finding for the functional status of the castrates are discussed

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2024-09-15

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2000): May Issue

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THE EFFECTS OF BILATERAL ORCHIDECTOMY ON SOME SERUM ENZYMES AND PROTEINS IN THE WEST AFRICAN DWARF BUCK. (2024). African Journal of Biomedical Research, 3(2), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.4314/