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Conval-S40, L-Carnitine syrup for Recovery and Heart disease 250mls, 400mg/ml
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Vetscriptions Price: £63.99
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Code: CONVAL240
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High Potency L-carnitine syrup.
Use as a nutritional supplement in dogs and cats with
heart disease, hepatic lipidosis and as an aid to recovery
and appetite stimulant in anorexic animals.
L-carnitine is an amino acid which is essential in
energy metabolism. It helps transfer fatty acids into the
mitochondria for the production of energy.
Heart muscle cells have a very high energy
requirement and contain the highest concentrations of
L-carnitine found in the body. Conval-S may be used as a
nutritional supplement alongside standard cardiac therapy.
During the post traumatic and post surgical recovery
periods, energy requirements increase by between 20% and
100%. L-carnitine ensures the increased energy requirements
of the recovering animal are met by increasing the
cellular energy value of those fatty acids which result
from stresss-linked lipomobilisation.
Contains 400mg L-carnitine per ml.
0.5mls per kg bodyweight, Once daily.
For oral administration. The syrup has excellent
palatability and can be given directly by mouth or mixed
with food. An aid to recovery in convalescing cats and dogs
Conval-S When they need it most:- Conval-S is L-Carnitine
L-carnitine is small peptide that is essential in all animals for the production of energy.
The natural source of L-carnitine is fresh meat and milk, however manufactured pet foods frequently contain less than 5% of the L-carnitine of fresh meat. With the vast majority of British pets being fed on manufactured diets, supplies of L-carnitine in the diet are often insufficient.
Synthesis in the body occurs, mostly in the liver, however skeletal and heart muscles, which use 95-98% of the supplies, cannot synthesise their own L-carnitine and this explains why deficiency most commonly occurs in these tissues. The dog in particular, is a species predisposed to a deficiency of L-carnitine. This is because there is a high level of L-carnitine excretion via the urine and very little re-absorption through the renal tubules.
Heart and Liver Disease
Conval-S is most commonly used in dogs diagnosed with certain types of heart disease(dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in those with the muscle wasting disorder, Canine Degenerative Radiculo Myopathy (CDRM) and in animals with Hepatic Lipidosis (Fatty Liver Syndrome) this occurs most commonly in convalescing animals.
This is because convalescence is accompanied by an increase in energy requirement due to a circa 10 day period of increased metabolism. At the same time, stress causes massive mobilisation of fat reserves.
L-Carnitine enhances the energy value of circulating fatty acids by ensuring their passage at the cellular level into the mitochondria (micro-bodies contained in every living cell which generate energy), where they are oxidised to give ATP; the chemical of energy. In this way L-carnitine permits the best response to this increase in energy requirement.
In cats with weight loss and inappetance and those in states of stress the fat reserves are massively mobilised and tend to accumulate in the liver. L-carnitine limits this phenomenon and stimulates the oxidation of these fatty acids. Conval-S is particularly useful in hospitalised cats which will not eat.
The recommended application rate is 50 to 100mg/kg L-carnitine for 10 to 20 days
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