Overview

• Not organ specific, but highest levels in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, liver.
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Sampling

Tests

Methodologies

• Method and reference interval may vary between laboratories.
• Enzymatic methods commonly used.

Availability

• Widely available.

Technique (intrinsic) limitations

• Results only significant when interpreted in conjunction with other laboratory tests and clinical findings.

Result Data

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from VetMedResource and PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Ettinger S J & Feldman E C (2000) Eds. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 5th edn. W B Saunders & Co, USA.
• Kaneko J J, Harvey J W & Brass M L (1997) Eds. Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals. 5th edn. Academic Press, USA.
• Duncan J R, Prasse K W & Mahaffey E A (1994) Veterinary Laboratory Medicine. Clinical Pathology. 3rd edn. Iowa University Press, USA.