Determination of serum amyloid-A levels in clinically detected pneumonia in goats

In this study, 20 goats between the ages of 0-24 months were used.After clinical, systemic and haemotological examinatios, goats were divided into two groups.Clinically diagnosed with pneumonia (n=10) were study group whereas healthy goats (n=10) were formed as control group.... Auscultation was performed in the clinical examination.Blood samples from Vena jugularis in haemotological examination, White Blood Cell (WBC), Red Blood Cell (RBC), Hemoglobin (Hb) , Hematocrit (Hct), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) ; Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) concentratios were performed. In blood serum Total Protein (TP), Albumin (ALB), Serum Amyloid-A (SAA) concentrations were measured. As a result, the values of WBC and SAA ara statistically higher in goats with pneumonia compared with the control group. As for RBC, Hb, Hct, MCV, MCH, MCHC, TP, ALB concentrations, no statistically difference was found between two groups. As a result, we think SAA is a most valuable parameter to evaluate the course of the disease and prognosis along with hematologic, biochemical and clinical findings in the veterinary medicine.