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Effect of scrapie incubation on the concentrations of plasma amino acids and L-lactate in infected lambs.
Veterinary research communications - 1 Dec 2008
Allison G G, Stevens P Rees, Heasman L, Davis A M, Jackman R, Moorby J M
Abstract excerpt
Three groups of two weeks old growing lambs differing in PrP genotype were orally inoculated with scrapie and maintained under defined conditions until disease endpoint. Plasma concentrations of free alanine and serine, but not L-lactate increased during the final 6 months of the disease. At the same time, plasma concentrations of several essential and non-essential free amino acids decreased linearly, indicating...
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