Biochemical polymorphism of haemoglobins, transferrins and serum albumins in Zebu minicows  (Bos indicus) through electrophoresis in starch gel in Mexico

Estela Arochi Barajas; Aurora Velázquez Echegaray; José Manuel Berruews Villalobos

1995, Number 1

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Vet Mex 1995; 26 (1)

**Biochemical polymorphism of haemoglobins, transferrins and serum albumins in Zebu 'minicows ' (Bos indicus) through electrophoresis in starch gel in Mexico**

Arochi BE, Velázquez EA, Berruews VJM

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Blood samples from Zebu "minicows" (Bos indicus), from 5 males and 9 females, were taken in order to determine electrophoretic patterns of the three biochemical polymorphic systems through zonal starch gel electrophoresis. As polymorphic proteins: transferrins and haemoglobins were found, nevertheless, serum albumins only showed one electrophoretic pattern. Alleles more frequently found were: Transferrins, Tfd; haemoglobins, HbB and albumins, only AB. Some differences, as well as resemblances, to the established traditional electrophoretic pattern for these proteins in Zebu cattle were also detected.

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