Activin A as a novel biomarker of equine inflammatory abdominal disease: Preliminary findings

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Forbes, G ^a   Sorich, E ^b   Nath, L C ^a   Church, S ^a   Savage, C J ^a   Bailey, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARL Pathology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin A; Acute abdominal disease; Biomarkers; Endotoxaemia; Equine; Serum amyloid A (SAA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRANGULATION;

ACTIVINS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 82855165240     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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