ABSTRACT
7 You are assessing a 10-year-old neutered male Border Collie for polyuria and polydipsia. On a routine chemistry panel, the laboratory reports a value for SDMA of 17 µg/dL (Reference Range: 0–14 µg/dL). The dog’s BUN and creatinine are both within the laboratory’s reference ranges but are in the higher part of the reference ranges.
i. What does the acronym SDMA refer to?
ii. How do you interpret these findings?
iii. How would you plan to further assess this dog?
