Forestomach acidosis in six New World camelids

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 901-904

  Cebra, Christopher K ^a   Cebra, Margaret L ^a   Garry, Franklyn B ^a   Belknap, Ellen B ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE;

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; CHARCOAL; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAMINE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FLUID THERAPY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDOTES; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CATHARTICS; CHARCOAL; FLUID THERAPY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MALE; MINERAL OIL; SODIUM BICARBONATE; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMACH, RUMINANT; THIAMINE;

EID: 0030584493     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.1996.208.06.901     Document Type: Article

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