Abstract
Obesity is a disease characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat. It is caused by multiple factors, which can lead to the development of various secondary diseases such as heart disease and in the lower urinary tract, dermatopathies, diabetes mellitus and liver lipidosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biochemical serum profile of obese domestic cats. For this purpose, 21 domestic cats, of both sexes, with no defined breed, aged between 10 months and 14 years, were chosen according to the body condition score. Clinical and metabolic evaluations were performed in these animals. It was noted that 85.71% of the animals were castrated, and 52.38% of the animals had sedentary habits. For 71.43% of the males and 100% of the females were fed diets exclusive of feed and 42.86% of the cats were fed ad libitum. The mean values found showed urea and creatinine above the reference values, in which males presented higher values. AST and ALT also showed values above the normal values for the species. The values of total cholesterol, total proteins and fractions (albumin and globulins), glucose and alkaline phosphatase, when the minimum and maximum values were observed, showed non-normal results for the species. It is concluded that obesity can alter the biochemical serum values of the cats demonstrating increase in the value of urea, creatinine, AST and ALT.
Highlights
Obesity is a disease characterized by excessive accumulation of body fat
It is caused by multiple factors, which can lead to the development of various secondary diseases such as heart disease and in the lower urinary tract, dermatopathies, diabetes mellitus and liver lipidosis
Clinical and metabolic evaluations were performed in these animals
Summary
Animais O estudo foi realizado com 21 gatos domésticos (Felis catus), adultos, de ambos os sexos, escolhidos de acordo com o escore de condição corporal (ECC), atendidos no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), provenientes de residências e de abrigos de animais, oriundos da cidade de São Luís, estado do Maranhão, Brasil. As amostras foram armazenadas em tubos de coleta sem anticoagulante, conservadas sob refrigeração e encaminhadas ao laboratório veterinário (Cernitas, São Luís, MA), onde foram realizados os exames bioquímicos séricos. As dosagens dos exames bioquímicos séricos foram feitas mediante analisador bioquímico Bio Plus semiautomático modelo BIO-200, com exceção da glicose que foi analisada pelo espectrofotômetro, de acordo com a técnica descrita por MEYER et al (1995). Os valores encontrados foram interpretados em comparação com valores de referência estabelecidos pelo Laboratório Cernitas (São Luís, MA) e submetidos à análise estatística descritiva, tais como média, desvio padrão, erro-padrão, valores mínimo e máximo e coeficiente de variação. Os resultados obtidos foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva, sendo expressos em médias, com seus respectivos desvios e erros padrões, bem como valores máximos e mínimos observados, utilizando o software estatístico IBM SPSS Statistics, versão 20
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