Quantitative evaluation of renal function in healthy Beagle puppies and mature dogs

Res Vet Sci. 2005 Oct;79(2):161-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.11.011. Epub 2005 Feb 5.

Abstract

Daily urinary collection and assessment of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and effective renal plasma flow were performed in ten 2-month-old Beagle puppies and ten 6-9 year-old Beagle dogs to identify age-associated differences in renal function. The most striking differences in puppies compared to mature dogs were a higher daily urinary volume (+65%), GFR (+87%), free water reabsorption (+159%), a lower daily protein excretion (-88%), and fractional excretion of phosphorus (-35%). Renal function in Beagle puppies, but not mature dogs, was also quite different compared to data published in younger adult dogs.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology
  • Animals
  • Calcium / urine
  • Chlorine / urine
  • Creatinine / urine
  • Dogs / physiology*
  • Dogs / urine
  • Female
  • Kidney / physiology*
  • Kidney Function Tests / veterinary
  • Male
  • Phosphorus / urine
  • Potassium / urine
  • Reference Values
  • Sodium / urine
  • Urinalysis / veterinary

Substances

  • Phosphorus
  • Chlorine
  • Sodium
  • Creatinine
  • Potassium
  • Calcium