Haptoglobin as a treatment monitoring factor in feline plasmacytic gingivostomatitis.
作者信息
Polkowska I, Gołyńska M, Sobczyńska-Rak A, Dudek A, Szponder T, Żylińska B, Matuszewski Ł
机构信息
Department and Clinic of Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland.
Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiegi 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
出版信息
Pol J Vet Sci. 2018 Mar;21(1):167-174. doi: 10.24425/119035.
INTRODUCTION
feline plasmacytic gingivostomatitis is an important and fairly common chronic disease. Its complex aetiology - which involves infectious agents, immunological disorders, and even genetic factors adds to the considerable difficulty of its treatment.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
the study was performed on 33 cats, 26 animals diagnosed with plasmacytic gingivostomatitis (study group) and 7 clinically healthy cats (control group). The study extended over four examination periods during which clinical and X-ray examinations, morphological and biochemical blood tests, as well as haptoglobin essays were performed.
RESULTS
the biochemical and haematological parameters were within normal limits. Blood serum haptoglobin measured on the first day of the treatment was above physiological levels, however its serum concentration decreased as the treatment progressed.
CONCLUSIONS
in the present study, despite the bacterial inflammatory condition of periodontal pockets, after the treatment was concluded and symptoms alleviated, neither clinical examinations nor haptoglobin essays revealed deviations from values commonly accepted as normal. Fluctuations in blood serum haptoglobin levels proved to be a useful prognostic in determining the duration of necessary treatment.
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