An electrophoretic characterization of serum proteins of the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu). Academic Article

abstract

• Serum proteins of the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis for wild adult males and females, nursing young, and reproductively-active females in captivity. Electrophoretic profiles of the adult peccary showed at least six distinct protein bands corresponding to the fractions: albumin, alpha-1, alpha-2, beta-1, beta-2, and gamma globulin. Globulin fractions of the peccary had different mobilities from the domestic swine. The only sexual dimorphisms were associated with the beta globulin:albumin ratio and the albumin:globulin ratio. Ingestion of colostrum in 1-day-old neonates was marked by a very large increase in gamma globulins. The only significant difference between pregnant and lactating females was in the alpha globulin:beta globulin ratio. Lactating females had higher concentrations of alpha-2 globulin than non-pregnant females.

authors

• Grant, William

published proceedings

• Comp Biochem Physiol B

author list (cited authors)

• Lochmiller, R. L., Hellgren, E. C., Varner, L. W., & Grant, W. E.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Lochmiller, RL||Hellgren, EC||Varner, LW||Grant, WE

publication date

• January 1984

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B: Comparative Biochemistry  Journal

keywords

• Aging
• Animals
• Animals, Newborn
• Animals, Wild
• Blood Proteins
• Female
• Lactation
• Male
• Pregnancy
• Swine

PubMed Central ID

• 6518761

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90368-7

start page

• 569

end page

• 575

volume

• 79

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0305-0491%2884%2990368-7