Serum and plasma cardiac troponin I concentrations in clinically normal Thoroughbreds in training in Australia.
Cardiac troponin I is a potentially useful test to identify cardiac muscle damage in the horse. Measurements of cardiac troponin I from serum or heparinised plasma samples from 23 clinically normal Thoroughbred horses in race training were analysed through a standard Australian commercial laboratory using the ADVIA Centaur Assay. The cardiac troponin I concentrations were < 0.15 microg/L from all samples. The test was then validated using macerated equine myocardium. Cardiac troponin I concentration may be useful in determining whether poor performance in Thoroughbred horses is related to active myocardial disease.
Begg
L M
LM
Randwick Equine Centre, Randwick , NSW 2031, Australia.
Hoffmann
K L
KL
Begg
A P
AP
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
D019210:Troponin I