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Nitrogenous waste that is excreted by the kidney via   glomerular filtration.  
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Tubule reabsorption occurs   40-60percent, depending on flow rate.  
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Urea   important for renal medullary concentration gradient (Na too).  
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BUN primarily used as   an indicator of GFR.  
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Azotemia   (increased circulating nitrogenous waste, BUN.  
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Pre-renal   reduced renal perfusion.  
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Renal   primary kidney disease.  
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Post-renal   ureter, bladder, urethral obstruction or rupture  
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BUN interpreted in light of   urine SG.  
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Adequate min SG that is consistently   attained in healthy animal when faced with a need for water conservation.  
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Dog SG   > 1030.  
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Cat SG   >1035.  
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Others SG   > 1025.  
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Increased BUN and adequate SG   Renal tubules are concentrating = pre-renal azotemia,Decreased GFR.  
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Increased BUN and inadequate SG (isosthenuric1008-1012, concentration of plasma   Primary renal disease suspected.  
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Low sensitivity and specificity   BUN.  
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3/4 of both kidneys must be non-functional before BUN will   elevate.  
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Many other factors influence level of circulating levels of   BUN.  
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Production of BUN Primary source is   dietary protein.  
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Ingested protein is converted to   ammonia by bacteria in the gut.  
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Ammonia diffuses across the gut into   portal circulation and carried to the liver.  
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Liver converts ammonia to   urea.  
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Minor elevations of BUN   High protein diet,GI hemorrhage acts as a high protein meal.  
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Liver disease   Decrease hepatic conversion of ammonia to urea,Low urea and high ammonia seen.  
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Portosystemic shunt   Ammonia absorbed by the gut is not carried to the liver.  
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Diuresis   Increased glomerular filtration rate.  
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Creatinine   By product of muscle metabolism.  
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Excreted almost exclusively by glomerular filtration   creatinine.  
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No tubule reabsorption   creatinine.  
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Like BUN, used to estimate GFR   creatinine.  
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Less influenced by non-renal factors then BUN   creatinine.  
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Creatinine levels elevated when BUN is normal   Substances known as non-creatinine chromogens are sometimes present in the blood; false elevated levels.  
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Creatinine Production related to   muscle metabolism.  
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Creatinine is degradation product of   creatine energy source of muscle.  
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Freely diffuses out of muscle cells   creatinine.  
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Takes creatinine about 4 hours to   equilibrate throughout body BUN about 1,5 hrs.  
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Specific Gravity Solute concentration Defined   density of urine/density of water.  
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Measured by refractometer   SG.  
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SG is a measure of   tubular function.  
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Adequate concentration min SG that should occur with   need to conserve.  
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Dog sg   > 1030.  
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Cat sg   >1035.  
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Others sg   > 1025.  
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Isosthenuria   SG = 1008-1012.  
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SG Solute concentration is similar to   glomerular filtrate.  
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No tubular function required   sg.  
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Do not describe SG as low or dilute but as   Unconcentrated.  
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Hyposthenuria SG = < 1005 Indicates   dilutional function.  
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Hepatobiliary system Injury Small animal   ALT, AST.  
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Large animal liver   SDH, AST, GGT.  
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ALT alanine aminotransferase only   small animal.  
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increased serum values indicate cell injury cytosolic enzyme   ALT.  
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Dog and Cat ALT primarily from   hepatocytes, muscle can infrequently contribute.  
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muscle contains modest amounts of   ALT.  
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severe muscle injury eg HBC or congenital myopathies may cause increase   ALT.  
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mild to moderate muscle injurty unlikely to cause significant   ALT changes.  
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T 1/2 = 2,5 days in dog, 3,5 hours in cat   ALT.  
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ALT generally magnitude parallels number of cells affected, not   severity or reversibility.  
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AST aspartate aminotransferase both large and small animal   Increased serum levels indicate cell injury cytosolic and mitochondrial.  
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AST highest values occur with severe   cellular injury that includes mitochondrial injury.  
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High activity in liver and muscle   AST.  
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high serum level can result from injury to either organ   AST.  
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must be used in combo with other tests ALT, SDH, CK muscle   AST.  
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also present in RBC hemolyzed samples can contribute to increase values   AST.  
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T 1/2 = < 24 hours in dog and cat,7-10 days in horse   AST.  
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SDH sorbitol dehydrogenase large and small increase indicates   hepatocellular injury cytosolic in all species.  
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T 1/2 very short minutes to hours   SDH.  
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use with other injury enzyme AST having a longer half life   SDH.  
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useful to follow progression   SDH.  
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helpful to determine if AST is increased because of muscle or liver injury   SDH.  
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GGT gamma glutamyltransferase large animal increase mainly due to   chlosestasis but may increase with acute, severe hepatic injury.  
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T 1/2 = 3 days in horse   GGT.  
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Cholestasis   ALP, GGT, bilirubin, urine bilirubin.  
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sensitivity of tests dog   ALP > GGT > urine bilirubin > serum bilirubin.  
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ALP alkaline phosphatase inducible enzyme mostly   bound to hepatocellular membranes less in biliary cells chloestais marker.  
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T 1/2 dog = 3 days,cat = 6 hours,horse = between dog and cat, but more like cat   ALP.  
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Not liver specific   ALP.  
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found in liver   hALP, bone bALP, placenta, intestine, kidney, and leukocytes.  
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also induced by both endogenous and exogenous corticosteroids   cALP in dog.  
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Drugs, steroids and anticuvulsants Phenobarbital   ALP.  
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Interpretation of increased ALP- dog general   < 4X increase is non-specific could be from any of the above sources.  
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> 4 x increase = cholestasis and/or isoenzyme induction   hALP, cALP.  
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ALP 4X increase,3 possibilities   pure cholestasis,pure isoenzyme induction corticosteroids, anticonvulsants,both cholestasis & isoenzyme induction.  
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must interpret ALP with other heptobiliary tests   injury, cholestatis, conjugated bilirubin.  
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ALP-cat   any increase is significant =cholestasis.  
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Cat ALP T 1/2 is   short.  
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Feline liver ALP activity is   3x lower compared to dogs.  
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GGT gamma glutamyltransferase   inducible enzyme bound to membranes of bile duct epithelial cells and , to a lesser extent hepatocytes.  
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Dogs and cats increased serum levels are liver specific and indicate chlestasis   GGT.  
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GGT large animal increase mostly due to   cholestatsis, but may increase with acute, severe injury.  
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T 1/2 = 3 days in horses probably in dog and cat   GGT.  
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Bilirubin   less sensitive indicators of cholestasis than ALP, GGT.  
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Bilirubin Production and excretions produced during   phagocytoses of senescent RBCs.  
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hemoglobin converted is converted to   heme and globin.  
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globin a protein degreaded to its   amino acid constituents and recycled.  
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heme, degraded to free   unconjugated bilirubin.  
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Unconjugated bilirubin is complexed with   albumin and carried to liver.  
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conjugated by liver with glucuronic acid and excreted in   bile.  
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increase in total circulating bilirubin may result from   prehaptic, intrahepatic, or posthepatic causes.  
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pre-hepatic =   hemolysis increased RBC breakdown, 75 unconjugated.  
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intrahepatic =   both conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin.  
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posthepatic =   75 conjugated bilirubin.  
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urine bilirubin only conjugated bilirubin passes the   glomerulus.  
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increased urine bilirubin used as indicator for   cholestasis.  
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dog normally renal threshold for bilirubin is   low any increase is significant.  
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cat high renal threshold urine bilirubin only present in   severe cases of liver disease.  
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Decreased Functional Mass loss of functional hepatocytes from severe cirrhosis for example, or from an infiltrative process such as   hepatic lipidosis or neoplasia OR vascular shunt that bypasses hepatocytes.  
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at least 70-80 of functional liver mass must be lost before signs and/or functional assays are altered   urine bilirubin.  
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decreased BUN as compared to creatinine which is often unaffected, unless animal has   very low muscle mass or medullary washout from low urea, causing increased GFR & low creatinine.  
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Can also see Decreased BUN with normal creatinine if   low protein diet or decreased intake, mild anorexia. AMMONIA should be increased along with decreased BUN because of  
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dec albumin from dec synthesis OTHER DDx   inflammation mild dec neg acute phase protein,renal loss,intestinal loss panhypoproteinemia,sequestration exudates,inc vascular permeability,peritonitis,3rd space dz.  
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