Serum proteins and their fractions in the Timahdite sheep in Morocco: variations with age and with liver or lung diseases.

The serum proteins and their fractions were analyzed in the Moroccan "Timahdite" sheep. The values of those parameters in 20 two year-old adult animals were: total proteins 64.2 +/- 1.6 g/l; albumin 458 +/- 31 mumol/l; alpha-glob 11.9 +/- 1.0 g/l; beta-glob 6.2 +/- 1.6 g/l; gamma-glob 14.7 +/- 2.3 g/l. The total proteins increase with age is particularly due to an increase of the globulin fractions. In animals with liver or pulmonary affections the total proteins are increased. The amount of albumin is lower in liver diseases, whereas the globulin fractions are increased in both pathological processes.