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PPID Profile (Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction) / Cushing ( Equine )
Test number: 2532
Short Name: PPID Profile (Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction) / Cushing ( Equine )
Price: £ 93.72 (including VAT)
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The Disease |
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Equine Cushing is the most important endocrinopathy of horses. It is a typical disease of old horses and ponies as well as donkeys. Aetiology is a pars intermedia-hyperplasia of the pituitary gland. In equines only pituitary Cushing is of clinical relevance
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Clinical Signs |
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Clinical symptoms are: hirsutism, polydipsia/polyuria, weight loss with – at the same time – strange reallocation of adipose deposits, depression/lethargy, laminitis, insulin-resistance, immuno-suppression and hyper-hidrosis (pathologically increased sweating).
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Sample Requirements |
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EP + S + NaFl / 2ml !
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Parameters |
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insulin, ACTH, glucose, fructosamine, triglycerides, y-GT, RISQUI, MIRG,I/G- ratio
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Price
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£ 93.72 (including VAT)
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Download
Order Form from this link
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Complete the order form and send it together
with your samples to the following address:
Laboklin (UK), Unit 20, Wheel Forge Way, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1EH
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Buccal swabs and EDTA tubes are available from
us free of charge, to order, please use the
online form:
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you are sending swab samples, please follow the
instructions on this link .
- Download your copy of the Genetics Tests Catalogue from this link
Our catalogue includes a complete list of all available DNA tests, along with their corresponding test numbers.
- If you have any queries, please contact us on
0161 282 3066
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