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Correlation between 25 element contents in mane hair in riding horses and atrioventricular block.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16327066     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The influence of atrioventricular block (AV-block) on the trace elemental status in a horse hair was studied. The particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) method has provided a reliable, rapid, easy, and relatively inexpensive diagnostic method. Twenty-five elements (Al, Br, Ca, Cl, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, S, Se, Si, Sr, Ti, Y, and Zn) in mane hair and serum were measured by the PIXE method. A horse hair with first- and second-degree AV-block contained significantly greater amounts of Br, Ca, Sr, and Zn than those of horses without electrocardiographic abnormalities, whereas there was no significant differences in the elemental contents of the serum of the both groups. Those results in contents of a horse hair suggest that the evaluation of the degree of ionic imbalance by this method might be used to predict the susceptibility of a horse to heart disease much before symptoms appear.
Authors:
Kimi Asano; Kazuyuki Suzuki; Momoko Chiba; Koichiro Sera; Tsutomu Matsumoto; Ryuji Asano; Takeo Sakai
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biological trace element research     Volume:  108     ISSN:  0163-4984     ISO Abbreviation:  Biol Trace Elem Res     Publication Date:  2005  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-12-05     Completed Date:  2006-03-28     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7911509     Medline TA:  Biol Trace Elem Res     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-36     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Female
Hair / chemistry*,  enzymology
Heart Block / metabolism*
Horses / metabolism*
Male
Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / methods
Trace Elements / analysis*,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Trace Elements

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