Introduction

Hypoglycaemia is a well-known risk factor in neonatal puppies and kittens; glycaemia control is crucial during the first days of life. Kidneys immaturity provokes the presence of physiological glycosuria during the first 2–3 weeks of life in small animals.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of glycosuria as a predictor of glycaemia in neonatal puppies during the first two weeks of life.

Methods

Prospective study. Thirty-three client-owned healthy neonatal puppies admitted to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona, were included in the study and divided into four different groups according to the day of sampling (1, 4, 7, and 11 days post-delivery). Glucose levels in blood and urine samples were evaluated and compared between groups. Correlation between glucose levels in blood and urine was also determined.

Results

Hypoglycaemia was diagnosed in 17.14% of the puppies and only on day 1 after delivery. A positive and significant correlation between blood and urine glucose concentration on day 1 after delivery was observed. No significant correlation between blood and urine glucose was observed on days 4, 7 and 11 after delivery.

Conclusions

Urine concentration of glucose is a useful parameter to establish glycaemic status on the first day of life in canine puppies.

中文翻译：

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尿液葡萄糖浓度：有用的参数，可替代犬新生儿出生后第一天的血糖。

介绍

低血糖症是新生儿幼犬和小猫的一个众所周知的危险因素。在生命的最初几天，控制血糖至关重要。肾脏的不成熟会在小动物出生的前2至3周内引起生理性糖尿。

目标

这项研究的目的是评估在出生后的前两周中，糖尿症作为新生儿幼犬血糖预测指标的潜力。

方法

前瞻性研究。纳入巴塞罗那自治大学兽医教学医院的33只客户拥有的健康新生幼犬纳入研究，并根据采样日（术后1、4、7和11天）分为四个不同的组交货）。评估血液和尿液样本中的葡萄糖水平，并在各组之间进行比较。还确定了血液和尿液中葡萄糖水平之间的相关性。

结果

仅在分娩后的第1天，诊断出低血糖症的幼犬为17.14％。分娩后第一天，血液和尿液葡萄糖浓度之间存在正相关和显着相关性。分娩后第4、7和11天未观察到血液和尿葡萄糖之间的显着相关性。

结论

尿液中的葡萄糖浓度是在幼犬出生后第一天建立血糖状态的有用参数。