Effects of choreito consumption on urine variables of healthy cats fed a magnesium-supplemented commercial diet

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-149

  Buffington, C A Tony ^a   Blaisdell, Jean L ^a   Kawase, K ^b   Komatsu, Y ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kawase Veterinary Hospital   (Japan)

^c TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZHU LING TANG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATS; DIURETICS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMATURIA; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; PHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MOLVA MOLVA;

EID: 0031030282     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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