Code
01CD02725
Duration
01 November 2025 → 30 April 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Biomarker evaluation
- Kidney diseases
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary internal medicine and pathophysiology
- Veterinary medical imaging
Keywords
glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
Feline chronic kidney disease (CKD)
early diagnosis
Transforming Growth factor Beta 1 (TGF-1)
renal cortex/medulla ratio (CM ratio)
health screening
Shear Wave Elastography (SWE)
Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling (VAMS)
Project description
The objective is to better characterize feline nonazotemic chronic kidney disease (CKD), and optimize screening protocols by (1) validation of VAMS as cat-friendly GFR technique (2) objectification of renal function of non-azotemic CKD cats with GFR measurement (3) evaluation of SWE and TGF-1 as indicators of renal fibrosis in non-azotemic CKD (4) evaluation of ultrasonographic CM ratio in (non)azotemic CKD.