Neopterin, procalcitonin, total sialic acid, paraoxonase-1 and selected haematological indices in calves with aspiration pneumonia

This study aims to determine serum neopterin, procalcitonin, total sialic acid (TSA), paraoxonase-1 (PON1), and some haematological indices in calves with aspiration pneumonia (ASP). The patient group consisted of 30 the Simmental breed, 0–28 days old, diagnosed ASP upon clinical examination, anamnesis, auscultation radiographic results. control 10 healthy calves, otherwise same characteristics. A significant difference was found between iron (Fe, P < 0.001), iron-binding capacity (TIBC, 0.05), PON1, TSA, leukocyte count (WBC) as a result analyses ( 0.001). Serum procalcitonin concentration be 285.71 ng/ml 30.34 group. neopterin 37.68 nmol/l 15.14 TSA concentrations were significantly higher compared It concluded that biomarkers such are high ASP, result, these markers provide diagnostically prognostically important information.