Hyperphosphatemia has been recognized as a serious and frequent complication in dogs cats with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The veterinary approach is mainly based on reducing phosphorus the diet phosphate (P) binders. In this vitro study we compared seven supplements different combination of ingredients for at pH 3 7 to estimate P binding capacity overtime. Our results confirmed best acid bas...

A 21-day-old male infant presented with swelling over left upper limb for 3 days. Examination revealed a firm swelling of 3×4 cms over the proximal ventral aspect of left forearm and linear swellings over the medial aspect of left upper arm (Fig. 1(a)). Systemic examination and routine blood workup was normal. Ultrasound and X-ray of the swelling revealed subcutaneous calcification (Fig. 1(b))....

Oral glucose tolerance test with 50g glucose was carried out with and without simultaneous oral administration of 3g calcium lactate. Blood sugar and serum immunoreactive insulin (IRI) were measured before and 30, 60, 90 and 120min after glucose load in 11 diabetics and 11 non-diabetics. Similar oral glucose tolerance test was performed with and without intravenous administration of 10ml 8.5% c...

The concentration of oxytetracycline (OTC) in plasma, after single dose i.v. administration at 10 mg kg-1, was determined during pre and post induced-hypercalcemia in goats. The pharmacokinetic variables were then calculated. Hypercalcemia caused several changes in the determined variables. The CPmax and CPmin of OTC observed at 0.08 and 4 hr in normal goats were respectively 34.50 +/- 1.65 and...

A patient with renal failure developed hypermagnesaemia, with confusion, drowsiness, and dysarthria. Nevertheless, the dietary magnesium content was low, and investigation showed actual intracellular depletion of magnesium. The cause of this state is not known, though it is presumably connected with a failure to maintain the normal concentration gradient of magnesium across the cell wall. The c...

INTRODUCTION Hypocalcemic seizures are uncommon in the post-neonatal period. We report an infant with hypocalcemic seizures caused by severe deficiency of vitamin D. CASE OUTLINE A five-month-old male infant was admitted to hospital in March 2013 with recurrent generalized afebrile seizures resistant to clonazepam therapy. At the clinical examination, the infant showed characteristic rachitic...

Four hundred and eighty mixed-sex broiler chicks aged 3 hrs after hatching were allotted according to a completely random design in a 6 × 2 × 2 factorial schedule into 2 groups of 12 replications of 20 chicks each. The main experimental factors were fasting for 0, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 hrs after chick placement, calcium gluconate (Ca-glu) injection (0 and 0.6 mL) and sex (male and female). Inde...