ANALYTICAL AND CLINICAL VALIDATION OF A POINT-OF-CARE ASSAY FOR LIPASE ACTIVITY DETERMINATION IN CANINE SERUM

This poster was presented in the International Society of Animal Clinical Pathology (ISACP) Congress in 2018. 
Serum lipase is a glycoprotein, which is used for the diagnosis of pancreatitis. However, pancreatitis would not be the only cause that can lead to elevations of serum lipase and a definitive diagnosis should be made taking into account the overall clinical and laboratory data of the patient. In spite of this, the determination of lipase can be highly sensitive, since normal values help to rule out pancreatitis. There are different methods for the determination of circulating lipase in dogs that have different sensitivity and specificity. Thus for correct result interpretation the type of the assay used should be taken into account.