Preliminary evaluation of fecal fatty acid concentrations in cats with chronic kidney disease and correlation with indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol sulfate.

Stacie C Summers Jessica M QuimbyRobert Kyle PhillipsJonathan StockmanAnitha IsaiahJonathan A Lidbury Joerg M SteinerJan Suchodolski

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2019)

Fecal isovaleric acid concentrations were higher in CKD cats, particularly in late stage disease, compared to healthy geriatric cats. Fecal BCFA concentrations correlated with pCS and were higher in cats with muscle wasting, providing evidence for malassimilation of protein in CKD cats.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
fatty acid
binding protein
hip fracture