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Table 1 Overview of studies on acute phase protein (APP) levels in pigs for experimentally induced diseases1

From: Diagnostic utility of acute phase proteins and their ability to guide antibiotic usage in pigs, horses, and cattle: a mapping review

Reference

Age group2

Disease3

Investigated APPs4

[36]

GP

Swine influenza (H1N1)

AP

H1N1 + AP

SAA*, MAP, HP, CRP

SAA*, MAP*, HP, CRP*

SAA*, MAP*, HP, CRP*

[35]

GP

Swine influenza (H1N1) + B. bronchiseptica

SAA* (40-fold increase), MAP* (Threefold increase), HP* (Fivefold increase), CRP* (Eightfold increase)

[31]

GP

Swine influenza (H1N1) + P. multocida

SAA* (40-fold increase), MAP* (Fourfold increase), HP* (Fourfold increase), CRP* (Eightfold increase)

[30]

GP

Swine influenza (H3N2) + P. multocida

SAA* (50-fold increase), MAP* (Threefold increase), HP* (Sixfold increase), CRP* (Fivefold increase)

[34]

GP

Swine influenza (H3N2) + B. bronchiseptica

SAA* (30-fold increase), MAP* (Threefold increase), HP* (Sevenfold increase), CRP* (Eightfold increase)

[33]

GP

P. multocida

SAA* (30-fold increase), MAP* (Fourfold increase), HP* (Fivefold increase), CRP* (Eightfold increase)

[32]

GP

B. bronchiseptica

SAA* (30-fold increase), MAP* (Threefold increase), HP* (Fivefold increase), CRP* (Eightfold increase), AGP

[28]

GP

PRRS

CRP*, HP* (both saliva and serum)

[27]

GP

PRRS

AGP, HP*

[26]

GP

S. suis

SAA* (40-fold increase), Pig-MAP* (Sevenfold increase), HP* (Tenfold increase), CRP* (Tenfold increase), Apo A-I* (40% reduction), Alb

[39]

FP

AP

CRP*, HP*

[37]

FP

AP

CRP* (Sevenfold increase), HP* (40-fold increase), MAP* (12—fold increase)

[38]

FP

AP

CRP* (13-fold increase), HP, SAA* (89-fold increase),

[42]

FP

ASF

ADV

MAP*, CRP*, HP*, Alb

MAP*, CRP*, HP*, Alb

[40]

FP

S. suis

HP* (12-fold increase)

[41]

FP

Osteomyelitis (S. aureus)

HP*, CRP*, SAA

[43]

S

Intramammary inoculation of E. coli

SAA* (Tenfold increase), HP

  1. 1Acute phase proteins marked with * differ significantly pre and post infection (P < 0.05)
  2. 2GP Growing pigs (weaning to 10 weeks of age), FP Finishing pigs (10 weeks—slaughter), S = Sows (1 + parities)
  3. 3AP Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, PRRS Porcine respiratory and respiratory syndrome, ASF African swine fever, ADV Aujeszky’s disease
  4. 4CRP C-reactive protein (μg/mL), SAA Serum Amyloid A (μg/mL), HP Haptoglobin (mg/mL), MAP Pig major acute phase protein (mg/mL), Alb Albumin (g/dL), Apo A-I Apo lipoprotein A-I (mg/mL)