S14BP - Important Information on Inflammation - Acute Phase Proteins will Change the Way You Practice in 2023!

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

Location: Mandalay Bay, Oceanside D, Level 2

Earn 1 CE Hours

Sponsored By

IDEXX

Co-Presenter(s)

Fred Metzger, DVM, MRCVS, DABVP (Canine & Feline)

Consulting Partner
Metzger Animal Hospital
State College, PA, United States
Dennis B. DeNicola, DVM, DACVP, PhD

Medical Affairs Fellow, IDEXX, Westbrook, Maine
Idexx Laboratories
Windham, ME, United States

Moderator(s)

AC

Amanda Castle, DVM

Wheeling, West Virginia, United States

Inflammatory disease is commonly encountered in practice and frequently missed. Learn how to properly interpret leukogram changes and learn about using acute phase proteins (CRP, SAA) to detect inflammation. Don’t miss this important lecture!

Learning Objectives:

Understand how to use more advanced in-clinic hematology analyzers in conjunction with blood film review to identify and characterize inflammation
Understand the basics of when and how often to request acute phase protein analyses and how to interpret them
Understand why decreases in reticulocyte hemoglobin is more common with inflammation than with iron deficiency and how it can help characterize inflammatory disease