Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency accompanies chronic cholestatic liver disease (CLD) in humans. The vitamin D status of cats with CLD is unknown. The objectives of this study were to describe serum vitamin D concentrations in cats with CLD and to determine if they correlated with indices of liver...
Author(s)
Kibler, L.; Heinze, C. R.; Webster, C. R.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2020, 22, 10, pp 944-952
Background: Low vitamin D concentrations have been associated with advanced heart disease and poorer outcomes in people and dogs. Vitamin D status typically is assessed by serum 25(OH)D concentration. However, cats also produce notable amounts of a C-3 epimer of 25(OH)D (3-epi)....
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Ware, W. A.; Freeman, L. M.; Rush, J. E.; Ward, J. L.; Makowski, A. J.; Zhang Min
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020, 34, 4, pp 1389-1398
Objective: We examined the effects of vitamin C and E supplementation in the prevention of oxidative stress in the salivary glands of STZ-induced diabetic rats. Design: Forty-eight male Wistar rats were divided into six groups (n = 8 in each): control (C), control supplemented with vitamin C (Cvc)...
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Ibuki, F. K.; Bergamaschi, C. T.; Pedrosa, M. da S.; Nogueira, F. N.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Archives of Oral Biology, 2020, 116,
In this study, we examined the effect of sodium fluoride (NaF) on oxidative stress in chicken embryonic gonads. Following exposure to varying concentrations of NaF for 6 h, mRNA expression and immunolocalisation of catalase (CAT), sodium dismutase (SOD1 and SOD2) and nuclear respiratory factors...
Author(s)
Grzegorzewska, A. K.; Oclon, E.; Kucharski, M.; Sechman, A.
Publisher
Elsevier, New York, USA
Citation
Theriogenology, 2020, 157, pp 263-275
Background: This study aimed to determine if obese cats undergoing energy restriction for weight loss would meet the National Research Council's (NRC) indispensable amino acid and vitamin recommendations when fed a purpose-formulated diet. Thirty cats were placed into one of two groups; obese (BCS...
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Grant, C. E.; Shoveller, A. K.; Blois, S.; Bakovic, M.; Monteith, G.; Verbrugghe, A.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020, 16, 426, pp (7 November 2020)
Background: Cat foods marketed for senior cats (≥7 years) are available to owners. The variability in the nutritional content of these foods is unknown. Objectives: To measure the caloric density and caloric distribution of crude protein, crude fiber, crude fat, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium,...
Author(s)
Summers, S. C.; Stockman, J.; Larsen, J. A.; Sanchez Rodriguez, A.; Zhang Lei
Publisher
Wiley, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020, 34, 5, pp 2029-2035
Objectives: The aim of this report is to describe the identification of a novel vitamin D metabolite, a C-3, alpha-epimer of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (3-epi-25(OH)D3), in serum and plasma extracts of cat blood and compare its abundance in cat, dog and rat serum to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol...
Author(s)
Sprinkle, M. C.; Hooper, S. E.; Backus, R. C.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2018, 20, 2, pp 83-90
BACKGROUND: Struvite crystals (Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate) are one of the most common causes of urolith formation in cats. Presence of these crystals in urea leads to urinary obstruction and idiopathic cystitis. The prevalence of urinary crystals has increased in recent years, thus there has been ...
Author(s)
Malmasi, A.; Nazar, T.; Mojtahedzadeh, M.; Bokaei, S.; Mokhtari, R.; Babazadeh, S.; Tavallaie, S.
Publisher
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019, 13, 3, pp 233-242
Vitamin C is synthesized in the liver in most species, including dogs and cats, and is widely distributed through body tissues. Vitamin C has an important physiologic role in numerous metabolic functions including tissue growth and maintenance, amelioration of oxidative stress, and immune...
Author(s)
Gordon, D. S.; Rudinsky, A. J.; Guillaumin, J.; Parker, V. J.; Creighton, K. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc, Orlando, USA
Citation
Topics in Companion Animal Medicine, 2020, 39,
The effect of ascorbic acid premedication on dexmedetomidine-ketamine anaesthesia was evaluated in five cats in two sets of experiments namely dexmedetomidine-ketamine (control) and ascorbic acid /dexmedetomidine/ketamine (test). The control group involved concurrent intramuscular administration of ...
Author(s)
Oguntoye, C. O.; Afolabi, O.; Okugbo, S. O.
Publisher
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Sokoto, Nigeria
Citation
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2019, 17, 2, pp 54-59