ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Analytical Validation of Two Point-of-Care Assays for Serum Amyloid A Measurements in Cats.
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- Analytical comparison of two commercially available feline serum amyloid A assays using residual clinical plasma samples.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of Acute-Phase Protein Profiles in Cats Undergoing Ovariectomy: Laparoscopic vs. Conventional Surgery in Short Time After Procedure.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Serum amyloid A (SAA) concentration in cats with gastrointestinal lymphoma.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Serum Amyloid A (SAA) is one of the most sensitive tests to detect inflammation in cats. In this study, two point-of-care assays for SAA measurements in cats (FUJI DRI-CHEM IMMUNO AU CARTRIDGE vf-SAA (method A), and CUBE-VET analyser (Method B), were analytically evaluated. Regarding the imprecision precision only the method A showed intra-assay and inter-assay CV < 10% at all concentrations. Both assays showed linearity with r close to 1 and the recovery were in the range of 81-112% for assay A and 85-125% for assay B and the limit of detection were 3.75 and 0.5 mg/dL for method A and B, respectively. A previously validated method for SAA quantification SAATIA; LZ-SAA (method C) was used as gold-standard to evaluate the accuracy of the assays. Significant correlations (
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