Journal of Animal Health and Behavioural Science

National Engineering Research Center for Gelatin-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong Province, China

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• Research Article   
  Serum Amyloid: A as an Indicator of Infection in Donkeys
  Author(s): Junqiao Li, Guimiao Jiang, Juntao Zhang, Weichao Liang, Fuwei Zhao, Weiping Gao, Shaojun Liu, Chao Wang, Lixin Deng and Zhiping Zhang*
  
  Acute Phase Proteins (APPs) are those produced by the liver following stimulation by stress, such as trauma, infection or inflammation. Changes in their concentration in blood have been used as important indicators of disease, and widely used in the diagnosis of diseases in humans and pets, such as cats and dogs. Donkeys and horses have a clinical response to disease that is distinct, in many cases, such as having more tolerance to pain and displaying fewer obvious clinical symptoms. The principal APP varies by species and remains unknown for donkeys. 33 donkeys with the clinical disease (8 young, 25 adult) and 37 clinically healthy donkeys (10 young, 27 adult) were included in the current study, for evaluating for clinically important APPs in donkeys. Blood was collected from the jugular vein of all donkeys and a Complete Blood Count (CBC) and standard blood biochemistry rep.. Read More»
  

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