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Pancreatitis is a common exocrine pancreatic disease in dogs, and pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (PLI) test is used for diagnosis. Enzyme catalytic assay is thought to have low specificity, but lipase activity assay with increased specificity has been developed in human clinical chemistry. We measured serum lipase activity of the 65 client-owned dogs using the newly developed FUJI DRI-CHEM slide, and compared with their PLI concentrations. These results showed a good correlation (r=0.91), and the normal and pancreatitis dogs estimated from PLI values were completely separated based on lipase activity. It was suggested that FUJI DRI-CHEM lipase activity would be helpful for diagnosis of pacreatitis in dogs, and especially, it achieves the patient-side assay which contributes to the immediate treatment.
