Influence of Intravenous L-Carnitine Administration in Sheep Preceding an Oral Urea Drench

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2930-2937

  Chapa, A M ^a   Fernandez, J M ^a,c   White, T W ^a   Bunting, L D ^a   Gentry, L R ^a   Ward, T L ^a   Blum, S A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lonza Inc USA   (United States)

^c L C   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carnitine; Glucose; Sheep; Toxins; Urea

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AMMONIA; CARNITINE; FATTY ACID; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARNITINE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; UREA;

EID: 0032199440     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76112930x     Document Type: Article

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