Results of screening of apparently healthy senior and geriatric dogs

Autor: Sofie Marynissen, Annelies Willems, I. Van de Maele, Luc Duchateau, P Picavet, Pascale Smets, Dominique Paepe, Sylvie Daminet
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
ratio
Aging
Blood Pressure
Hematocrit
Overweight
Age-specific reference interval
Canine
0403 veterinary science
Urinary protein
TEAR PRODUCTION
Belgium
Reference Values
Crystalluria
Dog Diseases
Prospective Studies
Letter to the Editor
Proteinuria
medicine.diagnostic_test
1ST OPINION PRACTICE
Complete blood count
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Creatinine
Blood pressure
Female
medicine.symptom
ARTERIAL-BLOOD-PRESSURE
medicine.medical_specialty
Urinalysis
040301 veterinary sciences
Physical examination
SYSTEMIC
Dogs
RAW FOOD DIETS
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Veterinary Sciences
Letters to the Editor
Physical Examination
ORTHOPEDIC EXAMINATION
General Veterinary
HYPERTENSION
business.industry
0402 animal and dairy science
VETERINARY PRACTICES
040201 dairy & animal science
Surgery
PLASMA CREATININE
Creatinine ratio
RISK-FACTORS
CANINE OBESITY
Elderly dogs
business
Blood Chemical Analysis
Zdroj: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Willems, A, Paepe, D, Marynissen, S, Smets, P, Van de Maele, I, Picavet, P, Duchateau, L & Daminet, S 2016, ' Results of Screening of Apparently Healthy Senior and Geriatric Dogs ', Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine . https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.14587
ISSN: 0891-6640
1939-1676
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14587
Popis: BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in health care of elderly dogs; however, scientific information about physical and laboratory examination findings in this age group is limited.OBJECTIVES: To describe systolic blood pressure (SBP), and results of physical examination and laboratory tests in senior and geriatric dogs that were judged by the owner to be healthy.ANIMALS: Hundred client-owned dogs.METHODS: Dogs were prospectively recruited. Owners completed a questionnaire. SBP measurement, physical, orthopedic and neurologic examination, direct fundoscopy and Schirmer tear test were performed. Complete blood count, serum biochemistry, and urinalysis were evaluated.RESULTS: Forty-one senior and 59 geriatric dogs were included. Mean SBP was 170 ± 38 mmHg, and 53 dogs had SBP > 160 mmHg. Thirty-nine animals were overweight. A heart murmur was detected in 22, severe calculus in 21 and 1 or more (sub)cutaneous masses in 56 dogs. Thirty-two dogs had increased serum creatinine, 29 hypophosphatemia, 27 increased ALP, 25 increased ALT, and 23 leukopenia. Crystalluria, mostly amorphous crystals, was commonly detected (62/96). Overt proteinuria and borderline proteinuria were detected in 13 and 18 of 97 dogs, respectively. Four dogs had a positive urine bacterial culture. Frequency of orthopedic problems, frequency of (sub)cutaneous masses, and platelet count were significantly higher in geriatric compared with senior dogs. Body temperature, hematocrit, serum albumin, and serum total thyroxine concentration were significantly lower in geriatric compared with senior dogs.CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Physical and laboratory abnormalities are common in apparently healthy elderly dogs. Veterinarians play a key role in implementing health screening and improving health care for elderly pets.
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