Canine & Feline Specific Assays Dog

Canine C-Reactive Protein (cCRP)

Canine C-reactive protein (cCRP) is a blood marker that rises within hours when a dog has inflammation or infection. It can help your vet see whether a dog is unwell and follow its recovery.

Sample: Serum (plain)
Quantity: As advised
Report: Confirmed when you book
Collection: Free in Bhopal

What this test checks

C-reactive protein in the dog's serum
A sign of inflammation or infection
Change over time when the test is repeated

Often discussed at these ages:Senior Dog

When your vet may advise it

A dog with fever, dullness or a poor appetite and no clear cause
After surgery or injury, to follow recovery
A dog with a long-term inflammatory illness, as your vet advises

About this test

C-reactive protein is made by the liver soon after inflammation, infection or injury, and it falls as the dog recovers. This dog-specific test is built to measure canine CRP. A raised level tells a vet that something is inflaming the body, but not what or where, so it is read with the dog's signs, a CBC and other tests. It can also be repeated to follow a dog after surgery or during an illness. The lab report shows the reference range, and a registered veterinarian interprets the result with the dog's history.

How to prepare

No fasting is needed. Blood is taken into a plain tube for serum. The lab confirms the method, sample needs and reporting time when you book.

Questions about cCRP

How is CRP different from a CBC in dogs?

A CBC counts the blood cells, while CRP measures a protein that rises with inflammation. Vets often use both together, because CRP can show changes that a CBC does not.

Does a high CRP show an infection in a dog?

Not always. CRP rises with infection, injury and other inflammation, so it does not name the cause. Your vet decides which other tests are needed.

Before you book this test

Why this notice: so you know, before you book, how a test is done, what its limits are and who is responsible.

Where it is tested. Some tests are done wholly or partly by an independent partner laboratory. The lab tells you before booking if this test is sent out, and the report names the laboratory that did it.
What a result can and cannot tell you. No test is right every time. A normal result does not rule out every disease, and an abnormal result does not prove one. A registered veterinarian should read the report with the animal’s signs and history before any treatment is started, changed or stopped.
The sample. A sample that is clotted, too small, wrongly labelled, leaking or too old may be rejected or reported with a note, and the lab may ask for a fresh one.
Reporting time. Confirmed when you book. Times are estimates, not guarantees, and the lab confirms the time when you book.
Emergencies. A booking or a pending report must not delay urgent care. If an animal has collapsed, struggles to breathe, has fits or bleeds heavily, call a veterinarian at once.

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