Frontiers in Veterinary Science (May 2020)

Effects of Hypotonic and Isotonic Enteral Electrolyte Solutions Administered in Continuous Flow in Weaned Foals

  • Lorena Chaves Monteiro,
  • Rinaldo Batista Viana,
  • Marcel Ferreira Bastos Avanza,
  • Pedro Ancelmo Nunes Ermita,
  • Caio Monteiro Costa,
  • Samuel Rodrigues Alves,
  • Paulo Vinícius de Morais Santos,
  • Micheline Ozana da Silva,
  • Daniel Atila de Barros Balbino,
  • Felipe Sperandio de Mattos,
  • Raffaella Bertoni Cavalcanti Teixeira,
  • José Dantas Ribeiro Filho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00280
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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The effects of fluid therapy with maintenance enteral electrolytic solutions administered by nasogastric route in continuous flow have not previously been studied in weaned foals. This study primary goal was to compare the effects of two maintenance enteral electrolytic solutions administered by nasogastric route in continuous flow on the hydro electrolytic balance in weaned foals. This paper was a controlled trial in a cross-over design (6 × 2) performed in six foals with a mean age of 7.3 ± 1.4 months; each animal received two treatments, IsoES and HypoES, with an interval of 7 days between treatments. After 12 h of fasting, the animals were treated with enteral electrolyte solutions administered via nasogastric route in continuous flow in a volume of 15 mL/kg/h for 12 h. The evaluations were performed at T-12h (the beginning of the fasting), T0h (end of fasting and beginning of fluid therapy), T4h (4 h of fluid therapy), T8h (8 h of fluid therapy), T12h (end of fluid therapy), and T24h (12 h after the end of fluid therapy). Twelve hours of fasting resulted in a reduction (P < 0.05) in body weight, abdominal circumference, whereas serum sodium, SID and enophthalmos increased. Twelve hours of fluid therapy normalized these parameters and promoted increased urinary volume and decreased urinary density without causing electrolyte imbalances. Both enteral electrolytic solutions were effective in reestablishing clinical and laboratorial variables without causing electrolyte imbalances.

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