Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies.
Ann Kristin BartonAnna PelliMartin RiegerHeidrun GehlenPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2016)
Although some correlations were found between PCT in plasma, BALF supernatant and clinical scores, PCT in BALF does not seem to be a superior marker compared to established clinical markers. PCT in plasma seems to be more promising and a greater number of samples should be evaluated in further studies.
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