Open AccessPARÂMETROS BIOQUÍMICOS DE AVALIAÇÃO DA FUNÇÃO RENAL E HEPÁTICA DE EQUINOS COM CÓLICA SUBMETIDOS A LAPAROTOMIA, SOBREVIVENTES OU NÃO
Author(s) -
Paula Alessandra Di Filippo,
Andressa Francisca da Silva Nogueira,
A. E. Alves,
Áureo Evangelista Santana
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ciência animal brasileira
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.174
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1809-6891
pISSN - 1518-2797
DOI - 10.5216/cab.v13i4.11236
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , laparotomy , complication , horse , kidney , gastroenterology , surgery , anesthesia , biology , paleontology
We examined 46 adult horses - six healthy, as control, (group 1) and 40 horses with colic submitted to treatment by laparotomy. Twenty animals had no postoperative complication (group 2), and twenty died or were euthanized from seven to ten days after the surgery (group 3). There was an increase in serum urea and creatinine concentration and AST, FA and GGT activity of animals from group 1 and group 2, indicative of renal and hepatic injury. The changes were associated with dehydration and endotoxins. Depending on the severity of the colic, animals may develop kidney and liver failure