diagnostic blood test

Stablelab, a hand-held, point-of-care diagnostic blood test which provides veterinarians critical information related to equine inflammation in 10 minutes, has been added to the equine offerings of Zoetis, the animal health company announced. The Stablelab hand-held reader detects and quantifies the biomarker Serum Amyloid A (SAA), which is a major, acute phase protein produced by the liver that rapidly and dramatically increases in response to inflammation caused by infection. By measuring SAA, veterinarians can assess the severity of an infection sooner--often, before clinical symptoms start--and are able to monitor the...