Effects of sodium chloride on selected parameters in cats
Kirk, C.A.; Jewell, D.E.; Lowry, S.R.
Veterinary Therapeutics Research in Applied Veterinary Medicine 7(4): 333-346
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1528-3593 PMID: 17216589 Document Number: 602295
This study used 36 cats with varying renal insufficiency and physiologic status to evaluate the effect of a food high in sodium chloride (HSC) compared with a low sodium chloride (LSC) food on selected blood parameters and blood pressure. Cats eating the HSC food had an increase in serum creatinine, urea nitrogen, and phosphorus compared with cats eating the LSC food. Also, cats eating the HSC food had increased fractional excretion of calcium and increased fractional shortening during cardiac contraction. There was no effect of food on systolic, diastolic, or mean arterial pressure.