Urinary parameters in horses supplemented with pulse dose of electrolytes

MARTINS JA, RAMOS ACT, MIRANDA ACT, DIMANCHE LAG, SILVA AT, AZEVEDO JF, OLIVEIRA CAA, SILVA VP, TRIGO P, ALMEIDA FQ

Applied equine nutrition and training

Wageningen Academic Publishers

Año: 2013 p. 167 - 172

0071-2477

Supplementation of High doses of electrolytes enhances water intake as well as urine production, changing drastically urine composition and changing its chloride and sodium concentration.  This work aimed to evaluate electrolytes supplementation effects on physicochemical characteristics of equine urine. Three crossbreed horses fitted with a cannula at right dorsal colon (RDC) were used in a Latin square 3x3 replicated design. Treatments were different electrolytes supplementations: control, medium dose and high dose electrolytes. unine at 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 hours after supplementation, and dry matter (DM), pH, and electrolytes Na K Cl were evaluated. Electrolyte supplemented horses showed higher urine DM (1030 and 1015) and of electrolytes concentration compared with control horses. These results showed that electrolyte supplementation promoted urine concentration and differential electrolyte elimination by the kidney.