2015 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

Serum HCY concentrations differed among the three groups of Greyhounds (P = 0.0012). Healthy Greyhounds had significantly higher serum HCY concentrations (mean AESD: 65.2 AE 24.2 lmol/L) than Greyhounds with diarrhea (39.7 AE 21.7 lmol/L; P < 0.01) or thrombosis (36.7 AE 22.1 lmol/L; P < 0.05). All healthy Greyhounds had serum HCY concentrations above the upper limit of the RI. Serum cobalamin and folate concentrations did not differ among the groups of Greyhounds (both: p > 0.05). A negative correlation was observed between serum HCY and serum cobalamin (q: -0.61; 95%CI: -0.76 to -0.39; P < 0.0001) or serum folate concentrations (q: -0.28; 95%CI: -0.52 to -0.01; P = 0.0386) when analyzing all samples together. However, no correlation was observed when analyzing the three groups of Greyhounds separately (for all: p > 0.05).