Phenol in the serum of dogs and horses and its clinical significance
Kraft, V.W.; Menghistu, D.; Zeilmann, M.; Grabner, A.; Ghermai, A.
Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift 104(10): 353-356
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0005-9366 PMID: 1755824 Document Number: 377936
Reference values of serum phenols between 0.3 and 0.7 mmol/L in dogs respectively between 0.25 and 0.37 mmol/L in horses are determined. In dogs increased phenol values were found frequently in hepatopathy. Furthermore elevations, particularly in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, were obtained; especially in hemorrhagic enteritis of dogs, associated with parvovirosis, and in mechanical ileus of the small intestine and the large intestine respectively in horses. In renal and endocrine diseases increased phenol values were seldom obtained.