From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-09-24 19:22:22 UTC
Subject: RE: High Creatinine-what else?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2175040.1127589742574.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Has the urine CONCENTRATION been looked at? When Hilbert had hydronephrosis that was the most important test for him.
From:
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/Clin_Path/ClinPath.html
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An interesting finding in evaluating the renal enzymes of ferrets is the relatively insensitivity of creatinine as an indicator of renal failure. Kawasaki et al. In 1995 documented a number of cases in which animals with histologic evidence of end-stage kidneys and blood urea nitrogen levels of 300-400 had creatinine levels lower than 3.0 mg/dl. In fact, the normal creatinine of this species averages approximately half the level of the dog and cat. In evaluation of azotemia, the prudent practitioner should also evaluate urine specific gravity on a routine basis, rather than awaiting elevations in creatinine for confirmation of renal disease.
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Also see:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG4146
Just on an unlikely off-chance of misunderstanding: is it possibly Creatine K that is up?
If so:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG9000
This is the message to which it replies:
http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org/browse.php?msg=YG8993