Tag Archives: Blood Urea Nitrogen

Mar201008

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Dog And Cat Kidney Failure Explained

Friday we discussed our Pearl being in kidney failure based on laboratory test results within the Chemistry Profile. Geographically, the first result on our laboratory’s report that relates to the kidneys is BUN, or Blood Urea Nitrogen. Put most simply BUN is a measure of one waste product of protein metabolism. When dietary protein is [...]

Nov200930

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At The Laboratory With My Pet’s Doctor, Chemistry Profile I

In the last edition of “At The Laboratory With My Pet’s Doctor”, we studied the details of the Complete Blood Count. Today, and tomorrow, we will look at a battery of tests called the “Chemistry Profile“. In the Complete Blood Count, we were examining physical bodies, tiny little cells that circulate in the bloodstream. With the [...]