The use of proteins in acute phase for assessing the health of cats, dogs and other animal species such as rabbits is widely documented. Among these proteins, serum amyloid A (SAA) is a protein present at very low levels when the animal is in normal health conditions, but, within a few hours of the onset of any pathogenic event, it can increase up to 10-100 times beyond the normal value.
The increase in SAA during an inflammatory response is significant, high and rapid.
After pharmacological treatment the level decreases rapidly returning to normal values.
OmniChek ™ -SAA is a valid diagnostic support to verify the general state of health of animals. A high level of SAA indicates the presence of an undetermined pathology or clinically significant inflammation.
Determining the SAA level is useful in these situations:

• To confirm the presence of an inflammatory process,
• To identify subclinical inflammation in case of discomfort and pathologies,
• To determine the possible presence of an infection,
• To monitor the therapeutic course in real time,
• It is an early marker to accelerate the use of more specific tests.