Fallibility of faecal consistency as a criterion of success in the evaluation of oral fluid therapy for calf diarrhoea

British Veterinary Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Brooks, Harriet W ^a   Michell, A R ^a   Wagstaff, A J ^a   White, D G ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Efficacy; Faecal output; Oral rehydration; Product registration licensing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA VOLUME; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; PLASMA VOLUME; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029687546     PISSN: 00071935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1935(96)80087-X     Document Type: Article

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