Estimation the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level in partial hepatectomy rabbits

• Main Author: Humam H. Nazht
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: College of Veterinary Medicine 2015-06-01
• Series: Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences
• Online Access: http://www.qu.edu.iq/journalvm/index.php/vm_journal/article/view/319

Fifteen local breed rabbits of both sexes were used to evaluate the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level in the blood before and after partial hepatectomy. Blood samples were collected directly from the heart two times before surgery and consider as control, then one time in a week for eight wks. post-surgery. Partial hepatectomy was employed under general anesthesia, with highly aseptic technique. The results show that the mean value of (ALP) of the control was (69.00 ± 5.33). During the two weeks after the operation, the level was seen within the normal. There was the elevation of the (ALP) level at the 3rd wk (73.53 ± 4.17) post-operation, followed by a decrease in the enzyme level through the period from the 4th wk to the 7th wk post-operation, and the less (ALP) level reading was in the 7th wk (50.60 ± 4.97). Then the enzyme level was elevated from the 7th wk where reaching near the normal level (57.13 ± 3.07) in the 8th wks. There was no significant change in the ALP values between the control reading and the post-operation reading, but there were significant changes at (P<0.05) between the readings after operations.