Abstract

Urinary Na+ and K+ excretion, plasma aldosterone levels (PAL) and plasma renin activity (PRA) were measured in three groups of four 3-day-old calves infused with aldosterone, ethacrynic acid and hydrochlorothiazide or with vehicle. Aldosterone infusion (16.7 micrograms/kg body wt. given by rapid injection, followed by the infusion of 33.3 micrograms/kg body wt. during 6 h) decreased urinary Na+ concentration and excretion during the 6 h period of infusion. This effect disappeared during the following 18 h. Ethacrynic acid (2 mg/kg body wt. by rapid injection, followed by the infusion of 1.5 mg/kg body wt..h during 6 h) and hydrochlorothiazide (8 mg/kg body wt. by rapid injection, followed by the infusion of 6 mg/kg body wt..h during 6 h) increased urinary volume and urinary excretion of Na+, but decreased urinary K+ concentration without affecting urinary K+ excretion during the 6 h period of infusion. During the same time, the plasma Na+ concentration decreased, PRA increased rapidly and was followed by a significant rise in PAL. These results demonstrate that in very young healthy calves, the renal tubules are able to respond to aldosterone. The renin-aldosterone system is also operative in these animals since it responds to Na+ depletion induced by the combination of diuretics and inhibitors of tubular Na+ reabsorption.

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