title: Changes in CRP, SAA and haptoglobin produced in response to ovariohysterectomy in healthy bitches and those with pyometra.
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess changes in serum C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A component (SAA) and haptoglobin (Hp) concentrations in healthy bitches and in those with pyometra undergoing ovariohysterectomy, and to establish the usefulness of such determinations for monitoring the postoperative period. Our results indicate that CRP and SAA determinations serve to evaluate the severity of the inflammatory process in pyometra since the concentrations of these acute phase proteins were increased immediately after surgery and diminished thereafter. The CRP and SAA response was rapidly produced while Hp concentrations increased in a more gradual manner. Thus, postoperative concentrations of CRP and SAA provide valuable information on the subsidence of the inflammatory response during the uneventful postoperative period. Our findings also suggest that acute phase proteins might be useful diagnostic markers of early postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department and Clinic of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, 30 Głeboka St., 20-612 Lublin, Poland. roman.dabrowski@ar.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: Władysław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wawron
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D011184:Postoperative Period; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006242:Haptoglobins; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein; D002097:C-Reactive Protein