TY - JOUR N2 - This study aimed to evaluate the concentrations of α1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), haptoglobin (Hp), serum amyloid-A (SAA) and ceruloplasmin (Cp) in healthy and various diseased cats and establish reference intervals (RIs) for these acute phase proteins (APPs) in healthy cats. The animal material of the study consisted of 40 healthy cats and 152 cats with various diseases. The serum APPs in the diseased group were higher than those in the healthy group, and age affected Cp concentration in healthy cats. Also, the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) positive (+) group had significantly higher AGP concentrations than the SIRS negative (-) group. In conclusion, this study contributes to the limited number of studies on RIs in serum APPs concentrations in healthy cats. The results of this study suggest that APPs are valuable diagnostic tools for identifying the inflammatory processes of various diseases, and AGP concentration could help determine the severity of the inflammatory condition. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/125611/PDF-MASTER/11%20_%20Tuna.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/125611 PY - 2022 IS - No 4 EP - 597 DO - 10.24425/pjvs.2022.143545 KW - acute phase protein KW - AGP KW - cat KW - Cp KW - Hp KW - SAA KW - SIRS A1 - Tuna, G.E. A1 - Ulutas, B. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Veterinary Sciences PB - University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn VL - vol. 25 DA - 2023.01.05 T1 - Investigation of acute-phase protein concentrations in healthy and various diseased cats SP - 589 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/125611 T2 - Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences ER -