TY  - JOUR
A1  - Klein, Julia
A1  - Darvin, Maxim E.
A1  - Meinke, Martina C.
A1  - Schweigert, Florian J.
A1  - Müller, Kerstin E.
A1  - Lademann, Jürgen
T1  - Analyses of the correlation between dermal and blood carotenoids in female cattle by optical methods
JF  - Journal of biomedical optics
N2  - Herd health programs for the maintenance of welfare and productivity in cattle need efficient tools for monitoring the health of individual animals. Recent reports demonstrate that the oxidative status is related to various stress conditions in dairy cows. Biomarkers, among other carotenoids, could serve as indicators of stress originating from the environment (e.g., heat stress or sun radiation) or from the animal itself (e.g., disease). To date, only invasive in vitro tests are available to assess the oxidative status in cattle. The present study compares the results of optical noninvasive in vivo measurements of dermal carotenoids in cattle udder skin using an LED-based miniaturized spectroscopic system (MSS) with those obtained by photometric analysis of beta carotene in whole blood samples using a portable device. Correlations between the concentrations of dermal and blood carotenoids were calculated under consideration of the nutritional status of the animals. Significant correlation (R = 0.86) was found for cattle with a moderate to obese body condition. Thus, the blood and skin concentrations of the marker substance beta carotene are comparable under stable stress conditions of the cattle. This demonstrates that the MSS is suitable for noninvasive assessment of dermal carotenoid concentrations in cattle.
KW  - Raman spectroscopy
KW  - reflection spectroscopy
KW  - skin
KW  - antioxidants
KW  - free radicals
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.6.061219
SN  - 1083-3668
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
PB  - SPIE
CY  - Bellingham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Kerstin E.
A1  - Altenkamp, Rainer
A1  - Raila, Jens
A1  - Schmidt, Daniel
A1  - Dietrich, Robert
A1  - Hurtienne, Andrea
A1  - Wink, Michael
A1  - Krone, Oliver
A1  - Brunnberg, Leo
A1  - Schweigert, Florian J.
T1  - Plasma concentration of alpha-tocopherol in different free-ranging birds of prey
JF  - European journal of wildlife research
N2  - In this study, we investigated the alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations in healthy free-ranging nestlings of the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (n=32), osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (n=39), northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (n=25), common buzzard (Buteo buteo) (n=31), and honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) (n=18) as well as of free-ranging adults of the white-tailed sea eagle (n=10), osprey (n=31), and northern goshawk (n=45). alpha-Tocopherol plasma concentrations were determined by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. alpha-Tocopherol plasma concentrations in nestlings of osprey, white-tailed sea eagle, and northern goshawk did not differ significantly amongst the species, but the common buzzard and honey buzzard nestlings had significantly lower alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations than nestlings of the other species (both P<0.001). Adult male ospreys and white-tailed sea eagles had significantly higher alpha-tocopherol concentrations compared to adult females (both P<0.005). Adult ospreys and northern goshawks had significantly higher alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations compared to their nestlings (both P<0.001). In adult female northern goshawks, plasma concentrations of alpha-tocopherol increased significantly before egg laying (P<0.001). These results demonstrate alpha-tocopherol plasma concentrations in birds of prey to be species specific and influenced by age and reproductive status.
KW  - alpha-Tocopherol
KW  - Birds of prey
KW  - Plasma concentration
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0516-z
SN  - 1612-4642
VL  - 57
IS  - 5
SP  - 1043
EP  - 1049
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -