title: An improved ferritin assay for canine sera.
abstract: An improved serum ferritin assay for canine serum has been developed. It uses two monoclonal antibodies in a sandwich arrangement. Serum ferritin can be determined on undiluted canine sera with this assay. The recovery of ferritin added to canine serum ranged from 98 to 106%, the within-assay coefficient of variability was 3.3 to 4.5%, and the assay-to-assay variability was 9.8 to 10.2%. Serum ferritin from 61 apparently healthy dogs had a geometric mean of 252 ng/ml, with a range of 80 ng/ml to 800 ng/ml.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5605.
authors.forename: Gordon A.
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Joseph E.
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Patricia S.
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chavey
authors.forename: Bradley R.
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Weeks