The aim of this study was to evaluate certain acute phase proteins in goats with infectious keratoconjunctivitis. For this purpose, a total of 75 goats were used—50 with IKC and 25 healthy controls. After routine general and ophthalmic examinations (body temperature, pulse and respiration rate, lymph node palpation, abdominal palpation, and lung auscultation), eye swabs were collected from goats diagnosed with IKC. A total of 15 different bacteria were isolated from the eye swabs. The serum was separated from the blood samples taken from the goats included in the study and stored at -20 °C until analysis. Serum levels of amyloid A, C-reactive protein, ceruloplasmin, and fibrinogen were measured using commercial ELISA kits. Significant increases in acute phase protein levels were observed in the IKC group. Based on the results, it was suggested that acute phase proteins may be useful indicators for the diagnosis and monitoring of inflammation developing during IKC.
Erdeger et al. (Tue,) studied this question.