Skip to main content
  • Published:

Renal Clearances in Pigs

Inulin, Endogenous Creatinine, Urea, Para-Amino-Hippuric Acid, Sodium, Potassium, and Chloride

Summary

Renal clearance studies were performed on 31 unanaesthetized pigs weighing from 28 to 123 kg. These included simultaneous determination of clearance, at constant plasma concentrations, of inulin, endogenous creatinine, urea, para-aminohippuric acid, sodium, potassium and chloride. The clearances found, calculated per 10 kg body weight, are as follows: inulin 21 ml/min., endogenous creatinine 22 ml/min., urea (max. clearance) 12 ml/min., para-aminohippuric acid 64 ml/min., sodium 0.015 ml/min., potassium 2.8 ml/min. and chloride 0.11 ml/min.

It was also shown that inulin is a filtration substance in pigs, since clearance is independent of the rate of urine flow from 0.07 to 1.91 ml/min./10 kg, and of variations in inulin concentration in plasma from 40 to 1900 µg/ml.

The average ratio between clearance of inulin and endogenous creatinine was 1.0, varying from 0.8 to 1.2. The filtration fraction (CIN/CPAH) was determined at 0.33 and the max. tubular excretion of PAH at 23 mg/min./10 kg. The percentage extraction of PAH, determined on anaesthetized pigs, was found to be 87 %. The total renal blood flow was calculated to be 133 ml/min./10 kg body weight or 363 ml/min./100 g kidney.

References

  • Bonsnes, R. W. & H. H. Taussky: On the colorimetric determination of creatinine by the Jaffe reaction. J. biol. Chem. 1945, 158, 581–591.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bratton, A. C. & E. K. Marshall: A new coupling component for sulfanilamide determination. J. biol. Chem. 1939, 128, 537–550.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brun, C.: In Iversen, P., T. Bjering & J. Bing: De medicinske nyre-lidelser. 2. udg., København 1946, pp. 83–85.

  • Conway, E. J.: Microdiffusion analysis and volumetric error. 3rd Ed., London 1950, p. 152.

  • Dalgaard-Mikkelsen, S., E. Poulsen & B. Simesen: Sulfadimidin og sulfatiazol til ungsvin. Nord. Vet.-Med. 1953, 5, 965–981.

    Google Scholar 

  • Iversen, P., T. Bjering & J. Bing: De medicinske nyrelidelser. 2. udg., København 1946, pp. 78–82.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ketz, H.-A.: Untersuchungen zur Nierenfunktion und renalen Elektro-lytausscheidung beim Schwein. Arch. exp. Vet.-Med. 1960a, 14, 290–305.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ketz, H.-A.: Vergleichende Betrachtungen zur Nierenfunktion bei den Haustieren. Zbl. Vet.-Med. 1960b, 7, 411–419.

    Google Scholar 

  • Knudsen, E.: Renal clearance studies on the horse I. Acta vet. scand. 1959, 1, 52–66.

    Google Scholar 

  • Munsick, R. A., W. H. Sawyer & H. B. van Dyke: The antidiuretic potency of arginine and lysine vasopressins in the pig with observations on porcine renal function. Endocrinology 1958, 63, 688–693.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nielsen, Ole E.: Den renale kaliumudskillelse. København 1968, pp. 31–37.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pitts, R. F.: Physiology of the kidney and body fluids. Chicago 1965, pp. 64–65 and 132-133.

    Google Scholar 

  • Poulsen, E.: Renale clearanceundersøgelser hos køer. København 1956, pp. 42–48 and 62-65.

    Google Scholar 

  • Poulsen, E.: Renal clearance in the cow. Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, Yearbook, Copenhagen 1957, pp. 97–126.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schales, O. & S. S. Schales: A simple and accurate method for the determination of chloride in biological fluids. J. biol. Chem. 1941, 140, 879–884.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, H. W.: The kidney. New York 1951, p. 159.

    Google Scholar 

  • Smith, H. W.: Principles of renal physiology. New York 1956, pp. 32, 102 and 104.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vogel, G.: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Kalium-Exkretion der Nieren verschiedener Haussaugetiere. Pflüg. Arch. ges. Physiol. 1959a, 269, 339–343.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vogel, G.: Zur Bestimmung von glomerulärer Filtrationsrate und fil-trierender Flache in der Niere einiger Haussäugetiere. Pfliig. Arch. ges. Physiol. 1959b, 269, 264–269.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vogel, G.: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nierenphysiologie einiger Haussäugetiere. Beiheft 3, Zbl. Vet.-Med. 1962, p. 26.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gyrd-Hansen, N. Renal Clearances in Pigs. Acta Vet Scand 9, 183–198 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547866

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547866