7- Effective sampling for immune-diagnostics

Question 1

Name 2 inflammatory markers

Answer 1

Fibrinogen
C-reactive protein
Serum amyloid A

Question 2

What is effective sampling

Answer 2

The right type of sample taken correctly from the right place (and the right animals) at the right time

Question 3

Why is timing of taking a blood sample important?

Answer 3

May miss identification of a virus
Won’t detect if it is too early/too late

Question 4

Name an infection that causes risen C-reactive proteins

Answer 4

Bordatella bronchiseptica
E.coli
Erlichia canis
Leptospira interrogans
Staphylococcus aureus
Pyometra