Serum symmetric dimethylarginine shows a relatively consistent long-term concentration in healthy dogs with a significant effect of increased body fat percentage

• Amber Hillaert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amber Hillaert, Daisy J. X. Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3262-8495

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• Daisy J. X. Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amber Hillaert, Daisy J. X. Liu

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Sylvie Daminet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Bart J. G. Broeckx,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Emmelie Stock,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Dominique Paepe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Myriam Hesta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Katrien Vanderperren

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Katrien.Vanderperren@ugent.be

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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