Breed Differences in Natriuretic Peptides in Healthy Dogs

Abstract

Considerable interbreed variation in plasma NP concentrations was found in healthy dogs. Intrabreed variation was large in several breeds, especially for NT-proBNP. Additional studies are needed to establish breed-specific reference ranges.

Keywords

Intrabreed variation; proANP 31-67; Plasma; Interbreed variation; Canine; NT-proBNP

Published in

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
2014, volume: 28, number: 2, pages: 451-457
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Sjöstrand, Karin

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ljungvall, Ingrid

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Häggström, Jens

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Kierczak, Marcin

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Forsberg, Simon

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Höglund, Katja

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Genomics

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12310

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/57940