title: Evaluation of plasma erythropoietin levels in normal adult dogs by in vivo bioassay using concentrated plasma.
abstract: Measurement of plasma erythropoietin level in normal dogs by in vivo bioassay has been considered to be impossible so far. In the present study, we successfully determined it by using concentrated plasma 60 times which allowed the lower limit to 2.7 mU/ml. This normal plasma erythropoietin level was the first to be determined as an in vivo bioactivity and was 9.14 +/- 7.81 mU/ml in 75 normal adult dogs. This value was sufficiently reliable in terms of accuracy of determination and considered to be meaningful as the low level in vivo bioactivity that hasn't been known to date. Furthermore, erythropoietin levels in normal plasma were within a certain lower range and showed neither difference in plasma erythropoietin level between males and females or among breeds nor correlation between erythropoietin and hemoglobin level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Surgery, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001947:Breeding; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D004921:Erythropoietin