The minimum sodium requirement of growing kittens defined on the basis of plasma aldosterone concentration

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 494-501

  Yu, Shiguang ^a   Morris, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

deficiency; growth; kittens; requirement; sodium

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SODIUM DEFICIENCY; SODIUM DEPLETION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030891848     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.3.494     Document Type: Article

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