Assessment of the accuracy of quantitative urine collection in mink (Mustela vison) using osmotic pumps for continuous release of p-amino-hippuric acid and inulin

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Wamberg, Søren ^a   Elnif, Jan ^b   Tauson, Anne Helene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balance studies; Carnivores; Metabolic cages; Osmotic pumps; Urinary markers; Urine collection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 14; INULIN; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MINK; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0029682757     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780684917     Document Type: Article

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