Abstract
Lantana camara is a wild plant toxic to livestock. Natural incidence of lantana poisoning has been observed in ruminants only. We have evaluated serum proteins in guinea pigs as a laboratory animal model for Lantana poisoning. There was no change in total protein content and only a marginal decrease in serum albumin content which was ascribed to the short period of intoxication. There was no change in the level of α-globulins. β-Globulins exhibited a significant decrease in the sera of Lantana poisoned guinea pigs. However, there was marked increase in the level of γ-globulins in sera of Lantana poisoned guinea pigs. The observations on albumin, total globulin level and albumin:globulin ratio in Lantana poisoned guinea pigs are consonant with those on sera of Lantana poisoned ruminants.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 659-660 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | IRCS Medical Science |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
