Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The Sick Adult Horse: Renal Clinical Pathologic Testing and Urinalysis.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
- Year:
- 2020
- Authors:
- Schott, Harold C & Esser, Melissa M
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Clinicopathologic evaluation of renal function and renal disease in sick adult horses remains grounded in detection of azotemia, assessment of serum and urine electrolyte concentrations, and evaluation of urinalysis findings, including specific gravity, reagent strip analysis, and sediment examination. Because increases in serum or plasma urea nitrogen and creatinine concentrations are insensitive indicators of a decreased glomerular filtration rate, there is considerable interest in identifying novel biomarkers of renal function or injury in blood and urine, with serum symmetric dimethylarginine concentration being the most recent addition to the commercial market.
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