Correlations among homocysteine, cardiac troponin I and cardiac enzymes in different ages of clinically healthy male dromedary camels
2013
Pourjafar, Mehrdad | Chalmeh, Aliasghar | Badiei, Khalil | Nazifi, Saeid | Keshavarz, Samaneh | Naghib, Mojtaba
BACKGROUND: Information regarding serum biochemicalprofile can reflect cardiovascular performance in animals.Although studies have evaluated the inter-relationship amongcardiovascular biomarkers in animals and human beings, thereare no reports of such a probable relationship in camelids.OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to provide dataon the correlations among cardiovascular biomarkers indifferent ages of clinically healthy male dromedary camels toprovide a basis for assessing cardiac muscle healthiness in thisspecies. METHODS: Thirty clinically healthy dromedary camels(Camelus dromedarius) were selected and divided into four agegroups including 1-3 (n=7), 4-6 (n=7), 7-9 (n=8), and above 10(n=8) years old. Blood samples were collected and sera wereseparated. Serum concentrations of homocysteine (Hcy),cardiac troponin I (cTnI), creatine kinase-myocardial specificisoenzymes (CK-MB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alanineaminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST)were evaluated. RESULTS: The results of the present studyshowed that there were significant correlations among cTnI andCK-MB (r=-0.853; p=0.015) and Hcy (r=0.916; p=0.004) in the4 to 6-years-old group of clinically healthy male dromedarycamels. LDH was significantly correlated with CK-MB in the 7to 9-year-old group (r=-0.710; p=0.045). There were nosignificant correlations among different factors of 1-3 and above10-year-old groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:The data providedhere is the first report on cardiac health assessment parameters indromedary camels. Moreover, the data is valuable in camelracing clubs, when an overall cardiac health and fitness is to beassessed. The correlation reported here might also be helpful foreasier analysis of cardiac health status in dromedary camels. Thedata may be useful for assessing suspected cases of myocardialdiseases and its changes maybe of prognostic value.
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