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- Title
The hematological diagnosis of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in horses.
- Authors
PăVăloiu, Alexandra Nicoleta; Schwarz, Bianca; Schwendenwein, Ilse; Van Den Hoven, Rene; Mureşan, Cosmin; Papuc, Ionel
- Abstract
We have sampled 102 adult horses, of both sexes. The horses were placed into two categories, SIRS (37 horses) and non-SIRS, based on their fibrinogen, blood MPXI and serum iron values. The blood work of the SIRS-diagnosed horses was then evaluated to highlight possible connections to the diagnosis, especially in terms of the leukopenia/leukocytosis that are considered markers of SIRS in human medicine. Only half of these horses showed symptoms of leukocytosis/leukopenia in addition to high fibrinogen and low serum iron and MPXI, therefore showing that the algorithm used in human medicine cannot be applied to horses in its whole.
- Subjects
HORSE health; IRON; FIBRINOGEN; BLOOD coagulation factors; HEMOSTATICS
- Publication
Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine, 2012, Vol 69, Issue 1/2, p412
- ISSN
1843-5270
- Publication type
Article