Non-human vertebrate blood is commonly collected and assayed for a variety of
applications, including veterinary diagnostics and physiological research. Small, often non …

Colic surgery is one of few treatments in which a veterinarian can use a skill to save an
animal's life from a deadly disease within a short timeframe. Unfortunately, such success is …

* The editors and authors acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of Samuel L.
Jones, Katharina I. Lohmann, Michelle Henry Barton, Laura Javsicas, Anthony T. Blikslager …

The use of blood lactate concentration as an indicator of prognosis and disease severity has
become a common practice in equine medicine, especially with the validation of handheld …

Background Peritoneal fluid (PF) analysis is a valuable diagnostic tool in equine medicine.
Markers such as serum amyloid A (SAA) and haptoglobin (Hp) could facilitate the diagnosis …

Objective To evaluate changes in plasma cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and L‐lactate (LLt) as
prognostic indicators in horses undergoing emergency abdominal surgery. Design …

Objective—To determine the value of serial measurements of peritoneal fluid lactate
concentration (PFL) for detecting strangulating intestinal lesions (SLs) in referred horses …

Objective To review the current literature pertaining to the use of lactate as a prognostic
indicator and therapeutic guide, the utility of measuring lactate concentrations in body fluids …

The objectives of the current study were (1) to determine the gain in prognostic accuracy of
preoperative l-lactate concentration (LAC) measured on farm on cows with right displaced …

The most important contributing factor to a successful outcome for horses with intestinal
strangulation is early identification and prompt surgical correction of the lesion. Irreversible …