Author(s): Camassa, José A. ; Diogo, Camila C. ; Bordelo, João P. A. ; Bonelli, Marília de A. ; Viegas, Carlos A. ; Azevedo, Jorge T. ; Dourado, Nuno ; Dias, Isabel R.
Date: 2017
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/52127
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Subject(s): ALP; Bone tissue; Serum minerals; Sheep; Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase
Currently, the best resources for assessment of bone tissue using imaging techniques are expensive and available in few medical facilities, thus serum or urinary bone turnover biomarkers could be useful as early indicators of prognosis. However, there is a wide range of variability in bone turnover markers due to several factors, such as different ages and metabolic stages, thus it is important to have as much data published on the subject as possible. The aim of this study was therefore to generate a reference range for alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) and validate the already published data.
