[PDF] Serum concentrations of IgG, IgA, and IgM in retired racing Greyhound dogs. | Semantic Scholar (2024)

Evaluating the results of serum protein electrophoresis in healthy Galgos and comparing them with a control group of age- and gender-matched dogs of other breeds confirmed thatGalgos have breed-specific features in serumprotein electrophoreis and that those values previously described in Greyhounds should not be extrapolated to GalGos.

The data confirm that Galgos have breed- specific features in serum protein electrophoresis and that those values previously described in Greyhounds should not be extrapolated to GalGos.

Major clinicopathologic differences in this breed include higher RBC mass, creatinine concentration, glomerular filtration rate, activities of hepatic enzymes, and concentration of cardiac troponin, as well as lower WBC, neutrophil, and platelet counts, thromboelastographic values, and concentrations of serum haptoglobin, total globulins, and T4.

The presented results indicate that the gastrointestinal parasitic infections in sheep alter the distribution of serum proteins, and suggest their usefulness in animals with unchanged serum protein concentrations.

Lower TIBC and higher %SAT may constitute another Greyhound idiosyncrasy compared with other dogs, and all dogs with OSA had higher serum iron concentrations and%SAT than healthy dogs.

Currently available and commonly used methods for diagnostic protein electrophoresis, including both agarose gel and capillary zone electrophoretic techniques and total protein assessments are reviewed.

Citric acid was the chemical stimulant that generated greater volume of saliva and greater palatability in dogs and its acidic pH did not affect the determination of cortisol by chemiluminescence or RIA.

The measured extent of OSA using sub-millimeter thick axial transverse acquisition of images with multidetector CT should be of value in assessing patient candidacy and surgical margins for limb spare surgery and may be useful for evaluating response to therapy in dogs that receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy when surgery is not performed.

A chronology of key events and figures leading up to and including the invention of DNA sequencing and its application in medicine and dentistry is presented.

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Low serum protein concentrations in Greyhounds are the result of low concentrations of a- and b-globulins, and additional studies are needed to identify the individual proteins associated with low alpha- and beta- globulin concentrations inGreyhounds.

Greyhounds have a higher serum creatinine concentration than do non-Greyhound dogs, and this idiosyncrasy should be taken into account when evaluating healthy Greyhounds and those with suspected renal disease.

Characteristics of Greyhounds suggested that the higher mean hemoglobin concentration and PCV were not solely a result of selective breeding for superior racing abilities, but that Greyhound hemoglobin may have a greater affinity for oxygen than does the hemoglobin of non-Greyhound controls.

Greyhound-specific reference range values for basal serum T4 and fT4 concentrations should be applied when evaluating thyroid function in Greyhounds.

Many hematologic values were still different from baseline values, with high values for WBC, neutrophils and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, and low values for PCV, total plasma protein, hemoglobin, RBC, and lymphocytes.

1. Examination of the Blood and Bone Marrow, Comparative Hematology of Common Domestic Animals, and interpretation of Leukocyte Parameters.

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