Akdoğan Alev KAYMAZ, Remzi GÖNÜL, Tuncay ALTUĞ, Ömer GÜZEL, Hüseyin TAN, Utku BAKIREL

Serum zinc, copper and alpha tocopherol concentrations in dogs with eczema

Özet: İstanbul'da, ekzema vakalarının çoğu, sadece ekmek ya da et ile beslenen köpeklerde görül-mektedir. Bu çalışmaya sadece dengelenmemiş ev yemeği ile beslenen egzemalı köpekler dahil edildi. Egzemalı grup Sivas Kangal, Alman Kurt ve kırma köpeklerden, kontrol grubu ise sağlıklı köpeklerden oluşturuldu (Sivas Kangal). Deri örnekleri mikroskopik olarak niuayene edildi. Bütün köpeklerde serum çinko (Zn), ba-kır (Cu) konsantrasyonu ve alfa-tokoferol (a-TCP) düzeyleri ölçüldü. Kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırıldığında eg-zemalı köpeklerde serum bakır düzeyinin bariz bir şekilde azaldığı ve serum çinko düzeylerinin ise arttığı sap-tandı (p

Egzemalı köpeklerde serum çinko, bakır ve alfa-tokoferol düzeyleri

Summary: In istanbul, most cases of eczema have been seen in dogs which have been fed with only meat or bread. Only the dogs with eczema, that were fed with unbalanced home diets were included in this study. The eczema group contained the dogs of Karabash, German Shepherd and mixed breeds and control group contained healthy dogs (Karabash). Skin samples were examined microscopically. Serum zinc (Zn), cop-per (Cu) concentrations and alpha tocopherol (a-TCP) levels were measured in all dogs. Serum copper concentrations were significantly decreased and serum zinc concentrations were increased in dogs with eczema compared to the control group (p

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