The serum canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (Spec cPL; IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Kornwestheim, Germany) concentration (139 ug/L; RI < 200 μg/L not suspicious of pancreatitis) was within normal limits, while the serum canine trypsin-like immunoreactivity (cTLI; IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Kornwestheim, Germany) (49.9 μg/L; RI 8.5–35 μg/L) was slightly elevated. The gene discussed is PNLIP; the disease is pancreatitis.