Plasma allantoin concentration in response to changes in nutritional status of calves

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Kagiyama, K ^a   Funaba, M ^a   Iriki, T ^a   Abe, M ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calf; Daily Amount of Milk Replacer; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Intestinal Flow of Microbial Protein; Plasma Allantoin Concentration

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0030555006     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1996.165     Document Type: Article

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