抄録
The serum calcium was measured in 122 dogs. From the diseases they had been affected with, they were divided into six groups: respiratory, digestive, dermatologic, epizootic, parasitic, and miscellaneous.
In the present studies, a survery was conducted on dogs suffering from diseases belonging to the scope of internal medicine, with a view to finding out what influence the decrease of serum ionic calcium might have over the body defence reaction. As a result, a tendency was noticed that the serum ionic calcium decreased when the liver and kidney had been damaged by such diseases as distemper, hepatitis, heartworm disease, leptospirosis, pleuritis with remarkable hydrothorax, and hookworm disease with anemia as a main symptom.
