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- Title
Manejo nutricional e digestibilidade no quilotórax canino.
- Authors
Jeremias, Juliana Toloi; Carciofi, Aulus Cavalieri; Brunetto, Márcio Antonio; Nogueira, Sandra Prudente; Gomes, Márcia de Oliveira Sampaio; Teshima, Eliana
- Abstract
Chylothorax corresponds to accumulation of lymphatic fluid in one or both pleural spaces, resulting from the leak of thoracic duct or of one of their main divisions. This can be associated to chylous ascites in patients with systemic lymphatic disturbances, as in lymphangiectasia, due to defects in the lymphatic-veined transport of chylo from thoracic cavity to systemic circulation. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is an obstructive disturbance that involves lymphatic system of gastrintestinal tract and it's the more common cause of enteropathies associated to reduced-absorption and protein loss in dogs. A clinical management of a dog assaulted by chylothorax secondary to intestinal lymphangiectasia is described. A homemade low fat diet was used, and the quantification of digestive function, through the determination of diet's digestibility, was performed. The homemade diet included rice, chicken chest, carrot, calcium carbonate, yeast, vitamin and mineral supplement and salt. The digestibility assay was carried out by total feces collection method. Homemade diet was efficient in stop recurrence of chylous thoracic effusion accumulation, recovery of serum concentrations of total protein and albumin, and promotes weight gain. Compared to the healthy control dog, animal with lymphangiectasia showed reduced digestibility of all analyzed nutrients.
- Subjects
CUSPIDS; LYMPHATICS; PROTEINS; ORGANIC compounds; BIOSYNTHESIS; PLANT nutrients; BIOCHEMICAL engineering; ORGANIC synthesis
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 1, p258
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Article