High cardiac troponin I plasma concentration in a calf with myocarditis.
A 15-day-old Brown Swiss calf, whose dam had suffered from foot-and-mouth disease, was presented with a history of depression and failure to suckle. The calf had an irregular cardiac rhythm and increased plasma cardiac troponin I (cTnI) detected with a commercial human immunoassay. The calf died the following day and myocarditis was detected. The cTnI assay may be useful in diagnosis of myocarditis in cattle.
Karapinar
Tolga
T
Firat University, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, 23119, Elazig, Turkey. tolgakarapinar@yahoo.com
Dabak
Durrin Ozlem
DO
Kuloglu
Tuncay
T
Bulut
Hakan
H
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
D019210:Troponin I