Date Available
9-17-2018
Year of Publication
2018
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Animal and Food Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Mary Rossano
Abstract
Diagnosing disease in equine neonates poses a challenge for the equine industry because of the nonspecific manifestations of many diseases and the rapid deterioration that occurs. The differential diagnostic procedure requires many laboratory tests, whose results take days to receive. Serum amyloid A (SAA) is the only major acute phase protein identified in the horse; it exists in low levels in the healthy horse and increases over 100 fold in response to inflammatory stimulus 6-8 hours post stimulus. A point of care test allows veterinarians to obtain a SAA concentration within minutes that indicates the existence of infection. Being able to test and quantify this protein at the onset of illness may reduce the time before treatment is initiated and therefore increase the chance of survival for the equine neonate, which would greatly help a large problem in the industry.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2018.372
Recommended Citation
Strouss, Samantha W., "ASSESSMENT OF THE SERUM AMYLOID A ASSAY FOR DIAGNOSING DISEASE IN NEONATAL FOALS" (2018). Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences. 90.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/animalsci_etds/90
