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How age and sex affect bone health in Kangal shepherd dogs
By Ekici, Mehmet et al.·Published in Veterinary clinical pathology·2023·Faculty of Veterinary Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: The influence of sex and age on bone turnover markers in the adult to geriatric Kangal shepherd dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A study looked at how age and sex affect bone health in Kangal shepherd dogs. Researchers found that older female Kangal shepherds had the highest levels of a bone marker called BALP, while older males had higher levels of other markers like osteocalcin and CTX. This suggests that as these dogs age, their bone metabolism changes differently based on their sex. Understanding these differences can help veterinarians monitor bone health in aging dogs more effectively.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this research was to learn more about bone metabolism in intact female and male Kangal shepherd dogs during the aging process following skeletal maturity. It also evaluated the potential application of biochemical bone indicators in veterinary clinical practice. METHODS: Bone markers were determined as bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP), osteocalcin (OC), C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX), and cross-linked C-telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) in this study. Kangal shepherd dogs of different age (adult, senior, and geriatric) and sex (male and female) groups were split into six groups of equal numbers (n = 8/group). RESULTS: In this study, the effect of age was observed on serum BALP, OC, CTX, and ICTP concentrations. Specifically, BALP was highest in geriatric female Kangal shepherd dogs, while serum OC, CTX, and ICTP concentrations were highest in geriatric male Kangal shepherd dogs. However, no effects of sex and age-sex interactions were identified. Moreover, the effects of age, sex, and age-sex interactions had no significant effect on serum creatinine, CK, LDH, Mg, and P concentrations or ALT activities. However, only sex was found to affect serum AST activities and gradually decreased with age in females. The effect of age and age-sex interactions on serum Ca concentrations was significant (the lowest serum Ca concentrations were in geriatric females), but the effect of sex was not. CONCLUSIONS: These results show the effect of age and sex on bone turnover in Kangal shepherd dogs and provide information about bone biomarkers.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36740233/