Hyperammonaemia associated with encephalopathy and abdominal pain without evidence of liver disease in four mature horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-74

  Peek, S F ^a   Divers, T J ^a   Jackson, C J ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Encephalopathy; Horse; Hyperammonaemia; Hyperglycaemia

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; SYNDROME; UREA;

EID: 0030635864     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb01641.x     Document Type: Article

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