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KMID : 0893420190200050046
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Journal of Veterinary Science
2019 Volume.20 No. 5 p.46 ~ p.46
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Salivary alpha-amylase as a stress biomarker in diseased dogs
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Hong Hwa-Ran
Oh Ye-In
Kim Young-Jun
Seo Kyoung-Won
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Abstract
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Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is a stress biomarker in human diseases, but there are no reports of sAA measurements in diseased dogs. This study measured the sAA and serum alpha-amylase (AA) levels in 16 healthy dogs and 31 diseased dogs using a kinetic enzyme assay to assess the stress status. The sAA and serum AA levels were significantly higher in the diseased dogs than in healthy dogs (p < 0.05), but there was no correlation between the 2 groups (r = 0.251, p = 0.089). This suggests that sAA can be useful as a stress biomarker in diseased dogs.
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KEYWORD
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Alpha-amylase, dogs, saliva, serum, stress
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