What is SAA, and Why is it Important to Equine Medicine?
- July 8, 2014
- Posted by Erica Larson

TheHorse.com caught up with two veterinarians well-versed on the topic—Luis Castro, DVM, a racehorse practitioner with Teigland, Franklin & Brokken in Boynton Beach, Florida, Saratoga Springs, New York; and David Levine, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, staff surgeon at New Bolton Center, the large-animal hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania—to find out more about this important biomarker.
TheHorse.com: First, the burning question: What is SAA?
Dr. Luis Castro: Serum amyloid A. It’s a biomarker protein produced in the liver in the face of inflammation caused by
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Erica Larson
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