Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXIX, Issue 2
Written by Ioana-Nicole REU, Iuliana CODREANU
According to specialty literature, the incidence of chronic kidney disease in felines had substantially risen in the recent years. This research is intended to show a correlation between the increasing age of felines (over 10 years) and the variations of some biochemical parameters (urea, creatinine, phosphorus and also symmetric dimethylarginine) in the progression of the chronic kidney disease. The research was performed over a period of two years at the University Emergency Hospital “Prof. univ. dr. Alin Bîrțoiu”, Bucharest, on a total of 20 cases of felines suspected of chronic kidney disease, 10 of them older than 10 years were considered suitable for this study. One feline, an 11-year-old patient in uremic coma (n = 1) had the highest serum phosphorus, urea, creatinine and symmetric dimethylarginine levels. The other nine patients (n = 9) between 11 and 15 age had urea levels higher than 79.2 mg/dl, creatinine levels above 2 mg/dl and serum phosphorus levels higher than 7.35 mg/dl.
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