Journal article
Serum chemistry alterations in Alaskan sled dogs during five successive days of prolonged endurance exercise
Erica C McKenzie, Eduard Jose-Cunilleras, Kenneth W HinchCliff, Todd C Holbrook, Christopher Royer, Mark E Payton, Kathy Williamson, Stuart Nelson, Michael D Willard, Michael S Davis
JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2007
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of successive days of endurance exercise on select serum chemistry values in conditioned Alaskan sled dogs. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. ANIMALS: 10 conditioned Alaskan sled dogs. PROCEDURES: All dogs ran 160 km/d for 5 consecutive days. Serum was obtained prior to exercise and immediately after each exercise run; all samples were obtained before dogs were fed. Serum electrolyte, mineral, protein, total bilirubin, urea nitrogen, creatinine, and cardiac troponin-I concentrations and serum alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, creatine kinase, and aspartate aminotransferase activities were measured. Data were analyzed by means of analysis of co..
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