Stablelab

Dr. Heinrich Anhold, the former CEO of Stablelab, the world's first horse-side testing platform, is a man in demand once again following the launch of two new tests through his latest start-up, sidekick. With the start of the Thoroughbred breeding season just around the corner, TDN's Adam Houghton caught up with Anhold to find out more about life as an entrepreneur and what makes his new IgG and progesterone tests different to anything else on the market. TDN: Tell us a bit about your background. I understand that you grew...

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...