From:
williamsdvm@comcast.net
Date: 2002-09-28 01:23:54 UTC
Subject: RE: high phosphorus 3.18 in cbc
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <25074621.1033176234189.JavaMail.root@scandium>
An elevated phosphorus would suggest kidney problems, so monitoring is probably a good thing.
Baby food and Nutrical do not possess high phosphorus levels.
With kindest regaards,
Bruce Williams, dVM
Author wrote:
> I mentioned before that Sand (with the slow heart rate) has
> completely normal test results, well not quite. his phosphorus
> was 3.18, higher than calcium (which is normal). is this
> bad or indicative or anything? Sand gets a bit of chicken baby
> food each day, and our vet was wondering if baby food is high in
> phosphorus and causes this. he gets nutrical on occasionally.
> the other unusual thing is renal enzymes in the high normal
> range and monitoring was recommended. what kind of problems
> can that cause?
> thank you.
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