Salivary alpha-amylase as a stress biomarker in diseased dogs
Journal of Veterinary Science
; : e46-2019.
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ABSTRACT
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is a stress biomarker in human diseases, but there are no reports of sAA measurements in diseased dogs. This study measured the sAA and serum alpha-amylase (AA) levels in 16 healthy dogs and 31 diseased dogs using a kinetic enzyme assay to assess the stress status. The sAA and serum AA levels were significantly higher in the diseased dogs than in healthy dogs (p < 0.05), but there was no correlation between the 2 groups (r = 0.251, p = 0.089). This suggests that sAA can be useful as a stress biomarker in diseased dogs.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Saliva
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Alpha-Amylases
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Enzyme Assays
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Journal of Veterinary Science
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article