Malnutrition as the cause of recumbency in suckler cows associated with Trypanosoma theileri infection

Table 3 Results of serum biochemical and liver biopsy analyses in 27 animals at the first farm visit and in 11 animals at the second farm visit

Variable	Units	Reference interval [45]	Visit 1 mean (min.–max.)	Visit 2 mean (min.–max.)
Magnesium	mmol/L	0.9–1.32	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	0.7 (0.6–0.9)
Potassium	mmol/L	3.9–5.2	5.6 (4.8–6.5)	5.3 (4.3–6.3)
AST	U/L	< 80	122 (95–169)	114 (94–143)
CK	U/L	< 150	251 (126–459)	160 (103–300)
Selenium (n = 8)	µg/L	> 80	43.1 (31.2–69.4)	77.9 (32.1–154.3)
Copper (n = 8)	µmol/L	12.5–32.8	9.1 (6.5–11.7)	13.9 (9–17.8)
Glutathione peroxidase	U/mL haematocrit	40–150		161 (68.3–220)
Copper in liver biopsy (n = 9)	µg/g dry liver	100–600		77.9 (32.1–154.3)

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