Use of serum proteins in the diagnosis of animal health disorders
| Identifier | 1/0486/17 |
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| Funding scheme | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) |
| Principal investigator at UVLF | Tóthová Csilla, MVDr., PhD. |
| Project duration | 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2019 |
The evaluation of serum proteins and their electrophoretic pattern is a well-established laboratory method in the diagnosis of many diseases in humans. The measurement of serum proteins can be one of the most useful diagnostic aids in a wide spectrum of diseases, including infectious and inflammatory diseases, renal or gastrointestinal disorders, immunodeficiency states, as well as paraproteinemias. Although many studies have been carried out to determine the usefulness of the determination of serum proteins and their electrophoretic pattern in various disease conditions and disorders also in animals, they are still relatively a less frequently used laboratory diagnostic technique in veterinary medicine. On the other hand, many serum proteins may be clinically applicable as special biomarkers by the evaluation of various serious diseases and health disorders also in animals.