Comparison of thyroid hormone levels by sex in adult dogs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v27i1.11444Keywords:
metabolism, canine, free T4, TSHAbstract
The aim of this study was to establish reference values for serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free tetraiodothyronine (T4L) in adult dogs in the area of Caldas, Colombia, and possible differences due to sex. Blood samples were collected from 78 intact dogs after fasting (40 females and 38 males older than one year of age). The serum concentration of TSH and T4L levels were determined by enzymatic immunoassay using commercial kits. TSH values for females were 0.53 ± 0.96 μUI/ml (range: 0.02-4.54) and for males were 0.36 ± 0.27 μUI/ml (0.02-0.91). T4L values for females were 1.08 ± 0.40 ng/dl (0.52-2.09), and for males was 1.07 ± 0.39 ng/dl (0.5-2.18). None statistical difference was found between sexes for both TSH and T4L.Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2016 José Henry Osorio, Yirly Johanna Suárez
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
AUTHORS RETAIN THEIR RIGHTS:
a. Authors retain their trade mark rights and patent, and also on any process or procedure described in the article.
b. Authors retain their right to share, copy, distribute, perform and publicly communicate their article (eg, to place their article in an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in the Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú (RIVEP).
c. Authors retain theirs right to make a subsequent publication of their work, to use the article or any part thereof (eg a compilation of his papers, lecture notes, thesis, or a book), always indicating the source of publication (the originator of the work, journal, volume, number and date).