Topic:Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells, including those of horses. It plays a key role in the conversion of lactate to pyruvate during anaerobic respiration. In horses, LDH is present in various tissues such as muscle, liver, and heart, and its levels can be indicative of tissue damage or stress. Elevated LDH levels in equine blood samples may suggest muscle injury, liver dysfunction, or other pathological conditions. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the function, regulation, and diagnostic significance of lactate dehydrogenase in equine health.
The effect of exercise on the lactic dehydrogenase and creatine kinase isoenzyme composition of horse serum. The distribution of lactic dehydrogenase, aldolase and creatine kinase in various horse tissues was determined. Using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the lactic dehydrogenase and creatine kinase isoenzyme composition of horse serum, taken before and after exercise, was studied. Horse tissue isoenzyme patterns were also obtained. By comparing tissue and serum patterns, skeletal muscle was found to be the tissue of origin of the increase in serum lactic dehydrogenase and creatine kinase observed after exercise.
Levels of some chemical constituents in normal horse sera. THE chemical analyses reported in this paper arc the result of an investigation on the sera of thirty normal horses from a heavy draught horse stable in Glasgow. Determinations have been made of scrum proteins (albumin and total globulin), alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, calcium, magnesium, inorganic phosphate and urea. Estimations of some of these constituents have already been carried out by a number of workers, but in the majority of cases the investigation has been confined to one or two constituents relevant to the problem being studied, and many of the data available are a by-product of...