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Serum and plasma cardiac troponin I concentrations in clinically normal Thoroughbreds in training in Australia
Author(s) -
BEGG LM,
HOFFMANN KL,
BEGG AP
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00025.x
Subject(s) - troponin , medicine , troponin i , horse , cardiac muscle , cardiology , biology , myocardial infarction , paleontology
Cardiac troponin I is a potentially useful test to identify cardiac muscle damage in the horse. Measurements of cardiac troponin I from serum or heparinised plasma samples from 23 clinically normal Thoroughbred horses in race training were analysed through a standard Australian commercial laboratory using the ADVIA Centaur® Assay. The cardiac troponin I concentrations were < 0.15 µg/L from all samples. The test was then validated using macerated equine myocardium. Cardiac troponin I concentration may be useful in determining whether poor performance in Thoroughbred horses is related to active myocardial disease.