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Serum Isocitrate Dehydrogenase During Polybrominated Biphenyl Toxicosis in Dairy Cattle^1,2,

The Ohio State University^,5, Wooster 44691

Abstract

Bovine serum isocitrate dehydrogenase (sICDH) was investigated in dairy cattle as a clinical measurement indicative of hepatic injury. Conditions for optimization of isocitrate dehydrogenase assays for bovine serum are described. Assays of sICDH in normal cattle show average activities of .814 (SD=.202) units/ml serum with a range of .316 to 1.268 for 83 samples taken from 32 animals. Investigation of sICDH in pregnant dairy cattle experimentally dosed with polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) showed no discernible elevations until doses were sufficient to cause toxicosis (25,000 mg PBB/d). Cows lethally dosed with 25,000 mg PBB/d had moderate elevations of sICDH (approximately a twofold increase) concomitant with severe toxicosis in some but not all animals. This PBB dose also caused abortion or fetal death in pregnant animals; elevation of sICDH in these animals was coincident with fetal trauma. This suggests that sICDH may be influenced by fetoplacental contributions in pregnant animals. Non-pregnant cows, intoxicated with PBB, had minimal sICDH elevation as compared with 10-fold in a calf with experimentally induced hepatotoxicity (thioacetamide). This observation was consistent with histopathological findings of minimal, if any, hepatic involvement in dairy cattle lethally intoxicated with PBB. Serum isocitrate dehydrogenase appears to be a useful adjunct to the ordinary complement of serum chemistries used for clinical diagnosis; however, it does not appear to reflect exclusively hepatic injury.

¹ Salaries and research support provided by State and Federal Funds appropriated to the Ohio State Univ., Ohio Agr. Res. and Dev. Center. Journal Article No. 41-83.

² This project was supported in part by Contract No. 223-75-7015, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, FDA, Bureau of Vet. Med. We acknowledge the capable technical assistance of C. W. Clark.

³ Dept. of Dairy Sci.

⁴ Food Anim. Health Res. Program.

⁵ Ohio Agr. Res. and Dev. Center.