Determination of reference intervals for nonesterified fatty acids in the blood serum of healthy dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) are an important energy substrate in mammals. Measurement of the NEFA concentration in blood serum is common practice and enables reliable detection of a negative energy balance in several species. This parameter can be used to detect subclinical metabolic diseases or to optimise feeding to prevent severe negative energy balance. Since no reference values for dogs have been published, the aim of this study was to establish such values.

Methods

Blood serum from 85 healthy dogs was examined with a multiparameter clinical chemistry analyser. Given that NEFA values are not usually normally distributed, reference intervals (RIs) were calculated nonparametrically using bootstrapping (5000 replicates) for the 90% confidence intervals.

SUBMITTER: Doll SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature