TY - JOUR
T1 - Point-of-care testing in cattle practice
T2 - Reliability of cow-side diagnostic tests
AU - Abuelo, Angel
AU - Alves Nores, Victor
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In ambulatory practice, there has traditionally been limited access to quick ancillary tests to aid the diagnostic process. However, over the past decades, diagnostic technologies have improved substantially, producing several accurate and cost-effective tests that can be used on-farm to establish a better diagnosis, a quick and informed therapeutic plan and help to determine the prognosis. Examples of these tests include the glutaraldehyde test for estimating the inflammatory response, tests to measure several metabolites (eg, glucose, ketone bodies, L-lactate) cow-side, or tests to identify different pathogens. This article aims to review the accuracy and practical applications of some of the different animal-side tests that are available to cattle veterinarians in an ambulatory setting, providing diagnostic tools that can be used in the field, without having to submit a sample to a laboratory, thereby expediting the clinical decision.
AB - In ambulatory practice, there has traditionally been limited access to quick ancillary tests to aid the diagnostic process. However, over the past decades, diagnostic technologies have improved substantially, producing several accurate and cost-effective tests that can be used on-farm to establish a better diagnosis, a quick and informed therapeutic plan and help to determine the prognosis. Examples of these tests include the glutaraldehyde test for estimating the inflammatory response, tests to measure several metabolites (eg, glucose, ketone bodies, L-lactate) cow-side, or tests to identify different pathogens. This article aims to review the accuracy and practical applications of some of the different animal-side tests that are available to cattle veterinarians in an ambulatory setting, providing diagnostic tools that can be used in the field, without having to submit a sample to a laboratory, thereby expediting the clinical decision.
U2 - 10.1136/inp.i2704
DO - 10.1136/inp.i2704
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-841X
VL - 38
SP - 293
EP - 302
JO - In Practice
JF - In Practice
IS - 6
ER -