title: Fallibility of plasma urea and creatinine as indices of renal function in diarrhoeic calves treated with conventional or nutritional oral rehydration solutions.
abstract: Changes in plasma urea, creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were measured in calves before and after development of diarrhoea and during treatment with a conventional (WHO-type) or a nutritional oral rehydration solution (ORS). Changes in urea and creatinine failed to represent the extent of pre-renal failure. The two ORSs differed in their impact on GFR with the nutritional ORS improving GFR whereas with the WHO-type solution it deteriorated further.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gleadhill
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wagstaff
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Michell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015532:Rehydration Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015532:Rehydration Solutions; D005973:Glutamine; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine