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Macro-minerals and Electrolytes

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Camel Clinical Biochemistry and Hematology

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The macro-minerals, namely, calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), and magnesium (Mg), and electrolytes, namely, sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), and bicarbonates (H2CO3), play different essential roles in organisms as fundamental constituents of skeletal structures (bones and teeth) and by their intervention in many functions contributing to the live metabolism. They are also involved in the mechanism of adaptation of camel in desert conditions, the electrolytes participating actively to the cycle dehydration/rehydration and to the water metabolism. Moreover, due to the strong skeleton of the animals (long legs, long neck, heavy head), the bone metabolism where calcium and phosphorus are essential, the macro-minerals investigation in this species was relatively important in the scientific literature. The variability of these parameters in camel are consequently highly under the dependance of the growing and watering status.

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Notes

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    In the publication, the unit was in mg/100 ml, but the reported values corresponded to mmol/l.

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    The results are given by the authors in mmol/l, but the values as well as for calcium are corresponding to mg/100 ml.

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Faye, B., Bengoumi, M. (2018). Macro-minerals and Electrolytes. In: Camel Clinical Biochemistry and Hematology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95562-9_6

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