HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Crookshank, H. R. Articles by Galvin, M. R. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Crookshank, H. R. Articles by Galvin, M. R.

Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Activity in Cows and Ewes on Winter Wheat Pasture

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station^,4

Abstract

Determination of the serum alkaline phosphatase activity in 155 samples from 40 Hereford cows over a period of six months revealed a wide variation in activity between animals. The level remained relatively constant for an individual animal. Because of the extreme variation observed, no attempt was made to suggest a normal range of serum values in cows.

Serum alkaline phosphatase level in sheep as determined from 60 samples taken from a group of ten Rambouillet ewes over a six month period does not vary as widely from animal to animal as it does in cattle. However, the variability from time to time for the same animal was greater.

The values found were mean, 11.1±0.3 Bodansky units; median 10.5±0.4; standard deviation, 3.51±0.22; and coefficient of variation, 31.7±0.2. The close agreement of the data suggests a normal range of 7.5 to 14.5 Bodansky units for sheep while grazing on winter wheat.

¹ Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.D.A.

² Present address: Department of Agriculture, West Texas State College, Canyon, Texas.

³ Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

⁴ PanTech Field Laboratory, Panhandle, Texas.