[en] Electrophoreses of sera, plasma and ascitic fluids of cats with natural or experimental infectious peritonitis show important modifications. Special stainings of electrophoreses and chromatographic and immunoelectrophoretic technics characterized some of the modified proteins. In the experimental disease, fibrinogen, haptoglobin, transferrin, and probably orosomucoid are increased; in the natural disease, in addition to these modifications, the y-globulins are strongly increased; the immunoglobulins found in the often abundant ascitic fluid belong to the IgG class. Increased proteins such as fibrinogen, haptoglobin and orosomucoid and decreased albumin are aspecific aspects of inflammatory processes, whereas hyperganimaglobulinemia appears in the course of immunological response. The rapid evolution of the experimental disease explains the fact that immunoglobulins do not increase.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Gouffaux, M.; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire
Henroteaux, Marc ; Université de Liège > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA) > Dép. clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés (DCA)
Massip, A.; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire
Language :
English
Title :
Feline infectious peritonitis, proteins of plasma and ascitic fluid
Publication date :
1975
Journal title :
Veterinary Pathology
ISSN :
0300-9858
eISSN :
1544-2217
Publisher :
American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Middleton, United States - Wisconsin