Symmetric dimethylarginine concentrations in healthy neonatal foals and mares.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) is a renal biomarker correlated with glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

Objectives

Describe changes in SDMA in clinically healthy foals and their mares during the first month postfoaling.

Animals

Convenience sampling of healthy periparturient Thoroughbred mares and their full-term foals from a population of client-owned horses.

Methods

Serum and EDTA whole blood samples were collected from mares in their last month of pregnancy and then from mares and foals at approximately <12 hours, 48 hours, 7 days, and 30 days postbirth. Samples were processed at a commercial reference laboratory for CBC and serum biochemistry, including SDMA concentrations.

Results

A total of 125 foals and 104 mares were included. Upper li

SUBMITTER: Bozorgmanesh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature