(382) Biomarkers for Colic

1. Which of the following choices describe the associations between lactate and non-survival?

A. Higher admission blood lactate

B. Higher blood lactate at 24 hours

C. Higher blood lactate at 72 hours

D. Higher venous lactate after manual correction of large colon volvulus

E. All the above

2. Which one of the following statements are correct about serum amyloid A (SAA)?

A. SAA is present at high levels in healthy animals.

B. Inflammatory diseases have higher SAA.

C. SAA has a long half-life.

D. Peritoneal SAA is the best choice of body fluid to measure SAA.

E. SAA is consistently associated with outcome in horses with colic.

3. What is the origin of injured cells when elevated cardiac troponin I is measured?

5. Which one of the following statements is true about creatine kinase (CK)?

A. Plasma CK is not different between strangulating and non-strangulating causes of colic.

B. Creatine kinase is predominantly found in smooth muscle.

C. Peritoneal CK has significantly better diagnostic utility than peritoneal lactate.

D. Peritoneal CK is elevated and proportional to severity of intestinal injury.

E. Plasma CK has significantly better diagnostic utility than blood lactate.

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