Equine Profile Plus
The VetScan® Equine Profile Plus reagent rotor used with the VetScan Classic and VetScan VS2 Electrolytes, Immunoassay and blood gas Chemistry Analyzer utilizes dry and liquid reagents to provide in vitro quantitative determinations of albumin (ALB), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), total calcium (CA++), creatine kinase (CK), creatinine (CRE), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), glucose (GLU), total bilirubin (TBIL), total protein (TP), potassium (K+ ), sodium (Na+ ), and total carbon dioxide (tCO2) in heparinized whole blood, heparinized plasma, or serum. Certain analytes have been optimized for equine only.
The VetScan Phenobarbital Profile reagent rotor and the VetScan VS2 Chemistry Analyzer comprise an in vitro diagnostic system that aids veterinarians in monitoring phenobarbital levels while determining liver health:
| Albumin (ALB) | Liver and kidney diseases |
|---|---|
| Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) | Liver disease including hepatitis and viral jaundice; shock |
| Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) | Liver and kidney diseases |
| Calcium (CA++) | Parathyroid, bone and chronic renal disease; tetany |
| Creatine Kinase (CK) | Muscle damage, convulsions, heart disease; hypothyroidism; severe exercise, physical inactivity, decreased muscle mass. |
| Creatinine (CRE) | Renal disease. |
| Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) | Anticonvulsant drug used to prevent seizures |
| Glucose (GLU) | Diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and liver disease. |
| Total Bilirubin (TBIL) | Hepatic disorders |
| Total Protein (TP) | Dehydration, liver and kidney disease, metabolic and nutritional disorders |
| Potassium (K+) | Renal glomerular or tubular disease, adrenocortical insufficiency, diabetic ketacidosis, excessive intravenous potassium therapy, sepsis, panhypopituitarism, in vitro hemolysis, hyperaldosteronism, malnutrition, hyperinsulinism, metabolic alkalosis and gastrointestinal loss. |
| Sodium (Na+ ) |
Dehydration, diabetes insipidus, loss of hypotonic gastrointestinal fluids, salt poisoning, selective depression of sense of thirst, skin losses, burns, sweating, hyperaldosteronism, CNS disorders, dilutional, depletional and delusional hyponatremia and syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion. |
| Total Carbon Dioxide (tCO2) | Primary metabolic alkalosis and acidosis and primary respiratory alkalosis and acidosis |