Renal functions and urea handling in pregnant and lactating Corriedale ewes

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 469-472

  Rodriguez, M N ^a   Tebot, I ^a   Le Bas, A ^a   Nievas, C ^a   Leng, L ^b   Cirio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Lactation; Pregnancy; Renal functions; Sheep; Urea

Indexed keywords

GLOMERULUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030520116     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjas96-070     Document Type: Article

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