[Changes in the serum proteins in suppurative surgical infection in cattle]

Studied were the serum proteins of 3 cattle with a spontaneous suppurative surgery infection and 10 cattle with an experimental infection of the same character. It was found that in such cases there is a rise in the total protein, the alpha and gamma globulins, and a drop in the albumin and the beta-globulins. The experimental suppurative infection caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes produces changes of a higher degree in the protein spectrum than the experimental infection caused by Str. pyogenes. In cases in which the general status of the organism is more strongly involved in the infection process the changes in the protein fractions are more strongly expressed.