the charts of 27 patients with kawasaki disease (kd) admitted to nemazee hospital in shiraz from january 1991 to october 1998 were reviewed to identify the results of mean peroxidase index (mpxi) values, a measure of neutrophil staining intensity, obtained by the technicon hi analyzer (technicon instruments corp., tarrytown, ny) within the first 10 days of the illness 2 separate groups of patie...

The occurrence in the rabbit of an acute phase protein analogous to human C-reactive protein has been confirmed. The acute phase protein of the rabbit reacts with a special form of the pneumococcal somatic polysaccharide, designated Cx polysaccharide, in the same manner that the human C-reactive protein reacts with the classical C polysaccharide. The method of preparation and some of the proper...

Segregated early-weaned pigs (initially 4.0 kg and 14 +/- 1.5 d of age) were used to quantify the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced immune challenge and nursery diet complexity (complex, medium, and simple) on growth performance and haptoglobin production. Three treatments of immune challenge consisted of pigs given ad libitum access to feed (control), challenged with LPS and given ad...

enzootic calf bronchopneumonia is a multyfactorial disease that occurs in association whit the in telaction of various infectious agenes, and colf susceptibility. the economic losses is associated with death loss and treatment costs, reduction of live weight gain and reduced of productive life span, whith mey be considevable. the aim of this study was to examine the acute phase response in calv...

The acute-phase plasma protein response to disease activity in murine models of autoimmune lupus-like disease was investigated by measurement of the concentration of serum amyloid P component (SAP) in NZB X W and MRL/l mice. The levels of SAP, which is a major acute-phase protein in mice, did not rise at all in response to progression of disease in NZB X W mice between the ages of 1 and 9 mo. T...

University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic (Received 1 March 2013) The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum proteins electrophoretic pattern and the concentrations of acute phase proteins in calves with chronic bronchopneumonia. Twenty-eight calves with clinical symptoms of disease were included into the evaluation. Blood serum was analyzed for total protein ...

Transthyretin (TTR) is a serum protein which is a negative acute phase reactant in humans and levels of TTR are routinely measured as an indicator of health status. Such tests have yet to be established for the pig. In order to measure serum TTR in the pig during an acute phase response an assay was developed using anti-human TTR antibodies which cross reacted with porcine TTR. The assay had a ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, European bison (Bison bonasus) is a vulnerable species. susceptible mycobacterial infections, as evidenced by numerous confirmed tuberculosis cases in this Diagnostic methods have developed significantly recent years, but performing several parallel tests (serological, microbiological, molecular, cell-mediated based tests) still m...

The acute phase reaction is a natural response to tissue injury and includes a range of metabolic activities which include alterations in the rate of synthesis of several proteins produced by the liver. It is recognised that the cytokines play a key role in mediating this response. Research is directed toward an understanding of this response from the stimulus through mediation to the role of t...