Marcio Antonio Brunetto, Doris Pereira Halfen, Larissa Wunsche Risolia, Vivian Pedrinelli, Douglas Segalla Caragelasco, Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini, Julio César de Carvalho Balieiro, Cristiana Fonseca Ferreira Pontieri, Juliana Toloi Jeremias, Bruna Ruberti, Marcia Mery Kogika
This observational study aimed to evaluate serum and urinary amino acid (AA) concentrations in healthy dogs and dogs with chronic kidney disease (CKD) fed a commercial therapeutic renal diet with reduced protein and phosphorus levels. Ten dogs with CKD stages 3 or 4 composed the study group and received the renal diet for 180 days (RG T180). A control group (CG T30) composed of seven healthy dogs was fed a renal diet for 30 days. When comparing serum AA between RG T180 and CG T30, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, cysteine, citrulline, ornithine, taurine, branched-chain amino acids (BCAA), and total essential amino acids (EAA) were higher in RG T180...
December 6, 2021: Metabolites