Acute phase proteins and antioxidant responses in queens with pyometra

This study aimed to evaluate the APP and the antioxidant responses at diagnosis and in the post-operative period in feline pyometra. Serum concentrations of serum amyloid A (SAA), haptoglobin (Hp), albumin, total serum thiols (Thiol) and total antioxidant capacity determined by different assays, including trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assessed by two different methodologies (TEAC1 and TEAC2), ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), and cupric reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC), were determined in 23 queens with pyometra at diagnosis and in 13 healthy control queens submitted to elective ovariohysterectomy.

Source: Theriogenology - April 21, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Hugo Vilhena, Marta Figueiredo, Jos é Cerón, Josep Pastor, Sónia Miranda, Hélder Craveiro, Maria A. Pires, Fernando Tecles, Camila P. Rubio, Roman Dabrowski, Sofia Duarte, Ana C. Silvestre-Ferreira, Asta Tvarijonaviciute Source Type: research