Evaluation of the spot urine sampling technique to assess urinary pseudouridine excretion in lactating dairy cows

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-356

  Shingfield, Kevin J ^a,b   Offer, Nicholas W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Dairy cows; Pseudouridine; Spot sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356152     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72866     Document Type: Article

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