Technical Note: Measuring Portal Blood Flow in Sheep Using an Ultrasonic Transit Time Flow Probe

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2712-2716

  Remond D ^a   Ortigues Marty, I ^a   Isserty, A ^a   Lefaivre, J ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Blood Flow; Portal Vein; Sheep

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; MALE; P-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; PORTAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RHEOLOGY; SHEEP; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032176087     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102712x     Document Type: Article

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