Abbasi Farzin, Azargoun Reza, Asri-Rezaei Siamak
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Graduate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Vet Med Sci. 2025 May;11(3):e70279. doi: 10.1002/vms3.70279.
To investigate serum vitamin C and D concentrations of cats suffering from gingivostomatitis.
Serum concentrations of vitamins C and D were evaluated in 30 cats of various breeds, including 15 healthy cats and 15 with gingivostomatitis.
Serum vitamin D concentration in the healthy cats (35.36 ± 15.39 ng/mL) was significantly higher than that of the cats with gingivostomatitis (17.54 ± 10.50 ng/mL) (p < 0.05). There was no difference in serum vitamin C concentration between the healthy cats (3.7 ± 0.74 mg/100 mL) and those with gingivostomatitis (3.1 ± 0.72 mg/100 mL) (p < 0.05).
The results of this study suggest that cats with gingivostomatitis are predisposed to vitamin D deficiency. Further studies are required to confirm this finding in a larger study sample and to investigate the potential utility of vitamin D supplementation.
调查患有龈口炎的猫的血清维生素C和D浓度。
对30只不同品种的猫进行维生素C和D血清浓度评估，其中包括15只健康猫和15只患有龈口炎的猫。
健康猫的血清维生素D浓度（35.36 ± 15.39 ng/mL）显著高于患有龈口炎的猫（17.54 ± 10.50 ng/mL）（p < 0.05）。健康猫（3.7 ± 0.74 mg/100 mL）和患有龈口炎的猫（3.1 ± 0.72 mg/100 mL）的血清维生素C浓度无差异（p < 0.05）。
本研究结果表明，患有龈口炎的猫易患维生素D缺乏症。需要进一步研究以在更大的研究样本中证实这一发现，并调查补充维生素D的潜在效用。
