Table 6 Overview of acute phase protein (APP) levels in horses for common diseases and clinical signs¹

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H

Septic arthritis

Gram positive:

SAA: 3200^b

Fb: 410^a

CRP: 177^a

Gram negative:

SAA: 3800^b

Fb: 535^a

CRP: 97^a

Fungi:

SAA: 2500^ab

Fb: 620^a

CRP: 94^a

Culture negative:

SAA: 1100^a

Fb: 485^a

CRP: 94^a

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H

Joint disease

Infectious:

SAA: NA^b

Non-infectious:

SAA: NA^ab

Healthy:

SAA: NA^a

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F

Pneumonia, weakness and diarrhoea

Bacterial:

SAA: 65^a

Fb: 660^a

Non-bacterial:

SAA: 1.6^b

Fb: 350^b

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H

Theileria equi

Pasture:

SAA:0.48^a

HP: 20.41^a

CRP: 36.3^a

Fb: 400^a

Stabled:

SAA: 0.48^a

HP: 18.3^a

CRP: 33.8^a

Fb: 300^a

Pasture:

SAA:0.48^a

HP:21.28^a

CRP: 25.8^a

Fb: 300^a

Stabled:

SAA: 0.48^a

HP: 13.1^a

CRP: 25.4^a

Fb: 300^a

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H

Inflammatory airway diseases

SAA: NA^a

HP: NA^a

SAA: NA^b

HP: NA^b

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H

Habronemosis

SAA: 16.36^a

HP: 1.3^a

SAA: 10.45^b

HP: 0.73^b

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H

Protozoal myeloencephalitis

SAA: < 0.1^a

CRP: < 0.1^a

SAA: < 0.1^a

CRP: < 0.1^a

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H

L. interrogans

SAA: 14.1^a

HP: 5.3^a

Alb: 0.298^a

SAA: 5.85^b

HP: 1.26^b

Alb: 0.305^a

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F

Proliferative enteropathy

SAA: 466^a

SAA: 192^a