{"id":367,"date":"2015-06-09T20:51:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/?p=367"},"modified":"2016-05-28T20:58:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T20:58:37","slug":"pulmonary-function-in-obese-vs-non-obese-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonary function in obese vs non-obese cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"profilelayout\">\n<div id=\"profileleftside\">\n<div id=\"profileleftinside\">\n<div class=\"svBigBox sdBase\">\n<div class=\"paddingT5 paddingB5\">\n<div class=\"sourceCrossMain\">\n<div class=\"sourceTitle sourceTitleWidth\"><strong>Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery<\/strong>.\u00a0Volume 17, Issue 6, 9 June 2015, Pages 494-499<\/div>\n<div class=\"sourceTitle sourceTitleWidth\"><em>Garc\u00eda-Guasch, L, Caro-Vadillo, A., Manubens-Grau, J., Carret\u00f3n, E., Camacho, A.A., Montoya-Alonso, J.A.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sourceTitle sourceTitleWidth\">\n<h2 class=\"subTitle paddingT7 paddingB10\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<p id=\"recordAbs\" class=\"marginB3\" align=\"justify\">Obesity is a risk factor in the development of several respiratory diseases. Lung volumes tend to be decreased, especially expiratory reserve volume, increasing expiratory flow limitation during tidal breathing. Barometric whole-body plethysmography is a non-invasive pulmonary function test that allows a dynamic study of breathing patterns. The objective of this study was to compare pulmonary function variables between obese and non-obese cats through the use of barometric whole-body plethysmography. Nine normal-weight and six obese cats were placed in the plethysmograph chamber, and different respiratory variables were measured. There was a significant decrease in tidal volume per kilogram (P = 0.003), minute volume per kilogram (P = 0.001) and peak inspiratory and expiratory flows per kilogram (P = 0.001) in obese cats compared with non-obese cats. Obesity failed to demonstrate a significant increase in bronchoconstriction index variable enhanced pause (Penh), as previously reported in humans and dogs. The results show that feline obesity impairs pulmonary function in cats, although a significant increase in bronchoconstriction indexes was not observed. Non-invasive barometric whole-body plethysmography can help characterise mechanical dysfunction of the airways in obese cats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.\u00a0Volume 17, Issue 6, 9 June 2015, Pages 494-499 Garc\u00eda-Guasch, L, Caro-Vadillo, A., Manubens-Grau, J., Carret\u00f3n, E., Camacho, A.A., Montoya-Alonso, J.A. Abstract Obesity is a risk factor in the development of several respiratory diseases. Lung volumes tend to be decreased, especially expiratory reserve volume, increasing expiratory flow limitation during tidal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinaveterinaria.ulpgc.es\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}