Effective Sampling

Question 1

How is fibrinogen used to detect infection

Answer 1

It is an inflammatory marker- acute phase protein
Produced when cytokines are present ready to respond to threat, particularly used in horses

Question 2

What is CRP and how is it used to detect infection

Answer 2

C Reactive Protein
inflammatory marker
dog (& SAA- serum amyloid A), pig (& pig-MAP)- can be a good way to track effectiveness of treatment

Question 3

In which species is Serum amyloid A used to detect infection

Answer 3

Inflammatory marker
cat, horse, cow

Question 4

In which species is haptoglobin used as an inflammatory marker

Answer 4

Inflammatory marker in cows

Question 5

6 bacterial infections in the dog where c reactive protein is elevated

Answer 5

Bordatella brochiseptica
Escerichia Coli
Erlichia canis
Leptospira interrogans
Staphylococcus aureus
Pyometra

Question 6

Parasitic infections in dog where c reactive protein is elevated (2)

Answer 6

Leishmaniasis
babesis canis

Question 7

Viral infection where c reactive protein is elevated in dog

Answer 7

parvo