Concentration of zinc and magnesium, and alkaline phosphatase activity in blood of sheep from farms of the Cuiavian-Pomeranian region
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The concentrations of zinc and magnesium were assayed by atom absorption spectrophotometry in whole blood and plasma of 85 ewes and their lambs from 9 farms. Alkaline phosphatase activity was also measured in plasma by the Bessey method. The concentrations of zinc and magnesium were at physiological limits. Blood of lambs contained usually a higher concentration of zinc and magnesium than was found in ewes. Similar relationship was less frequent for the blood plasma. The activity of alkaline phosphatase in blood plasma of lambs ranged from 1286 to 2649 U/L and was markedly higher than the values measured in the ewes plasma (155—1103 U/L). A positive correlation was found between the concentrations of zinc and magnesium in a whole blood and plasma of mothers and their lambs. No positive relationship was demonstrated between the enzyme activity and zinc and magnesium content in the blood plasma.