2018 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program: Seattle, Washington, June 14 - 15, 2018

1.028-1.070 g/mL) did not differ with age or sex, whereas SDMA (range: 6-21 ug/dL) differed with age (P = 0.032), but not sex (P =0.13), with lower SDMA in older (12.1 ± 0.7 SE) versus middle-aged cats(14.5 ± 0.8 SE). Therefore, as part of the framework to successfully manage CKD in cats over time, selecting diagnostic laboratories that measure Cr using the enzyme method appears to improve accuracy by eliminating the detection of non-Cr compounds. This is particularly important as these data demonstrate that Cr is increasingly overestimated with the Jaffe method as Cr concentrations increase. Intermittent fasting (IF) has numerous benefits in some species, including increased insulin sensitivity, and improved neuronal repair following spinal injury from an increase in ketones. The aim of this study was to examine the immunological, metabolic and hormonal effects associated with IF in dogs.