1993
DOI: 10.1177/089686089301302s123
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An Animal Model for the Study of Amino Acid Metabolism in Uremia and during Peritoneal Dialysis

Abstract: We tried to determine the suitability of the rabbit as an animal model to study amino acid (AA) metabolism in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We also measured the effect of intraperitoneal (ip) infusion of AA on blood AA changes and food consumption. Plasma AA levels were measured in 10 normal rabbits after an overnight fasting and 30, 60, and 120 minutes after a meal. Following these baseline observations, rabbits were randomly divided into two groups. One group of five rabbits was made uremic aft… Show more

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“…As previously reported, the '80% nephrectomized' CRF rabbit is a suitable model to investigate the effects of uraemia [21]. In the present study, serum urea and creatinine levels were significantly higher in CRF rabbits and both variables did not change in the control group.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
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“…As previously reported, the '80% nephrectomized' CRF rabbit is a suitable model to investigate the effects of uraemia [21]. In the present study, serum urea and creatinine levels were significantly higher in CRF rabbits and both variables did not change in the control group.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Increases of both blood urea and creatinine levels were accepted as diagnostic of renal failure. After 4 weeks, the penis was removed in each group, under general anaesthesia by intravenous pentobarbital injection and exsanguination, and the effect of CRF and the sham operation on rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue was assessed [21].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These animals can tolerate a peritoneal catheter for quite long periods of time, and they are rarely subject to peritonitis. Experimental models of peritoneal dialysis in uremic rabbits had already been established in the early 1980s [30], and more recently the effect of the intraperitoneal infusion of dextrose and amino acids on the appetite of both normal and uremic rabbits have been studied [31,32]. Uremia was induced by subtotal nephrectomy, resulting in blood urea levels between 0.86 and 1.99 g/liter and serum creatinine levels of 2.47 and 8.78 mg%.…”
Section: Experimental Animal Models Used In Peritoneal Dialysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…J. Ma & Fogo, 2003;L. J. Ma et al, 2005;Oreopoulos, Balaskas, Rodela, Anderson, & Oreopoulos, 1993).…”
Section: The Practicality Of Animal Modelsmentioning
confidence: 99%