Volume: 55 Issue: 4
Year: 2024, Page: 771-775, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.4.771-775
Received: Sept. 7, 2024 Accepted: Nov. 21, 2024 Published: Dec. 31, 2024
Diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic diseases in dogs is challenging. The anatomical location of pancreas, wide
variations in clinical presentation, non specific clinico-pathologic parameters and lack of a single accurate diagnostic
test together contributes to the difficulty in diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. In the present research, the effectiveness
of haematology, estimation of serum biochemical parameters, species specific SNAP cPL and imaging techniques in
the diagnosis of pancreatitis was compared. Serum lipase and serum amylase were significantly elevated in the cases
screened for acute pancreatitis. SNAP cPL test was found positive in 27.58 per cent of the suspected cases of pancreatitis.
No significant changes could be observed in the pancreas on abdominal radiography and ultrasonography. Estimation of
serum lipase and amylase and SNAP cPL test aid in more accurate diagnosis of acute pancreatitis when compared with
other diagnostic modalities.
Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, serum amylase, serum lipase, SNAP cPL test
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