Post-exercise dynamics of serum amyloid A blood concentration in thoroughbred horses classified as injured and non-injured after the race.
The aim of this study was to evaluate serum amyloid A (SAA) concentration in horses with orthopedic injuries acquired during racing and in healthy ones after completing the race. Injuries of bone and tendon did not cause radical increase in SAA concentration observed in other inflammatory conditions. SAA concentration correlated positively with white blood cell count (WBC) on the 3rd-4th days after race being significantly higher in the injured horses than in the control group in that time. It was suggested that racing effort may cause increase in SAA level, more pronounced in horses manifesting clinical signs of orthopedic injury after the race.
Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland. Electronic address: agnieszka_turlo@sggw.pl.
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Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland.
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Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland.
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Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland.
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Witkowski
Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland.
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Laboratory of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland.
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D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D006736:Horses / Q000293:injuries*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000032:analysis*
D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein
Acute phase response; Orthopedic injury; Racehorse; Serum amyloid A