Sodium requirement of adult cats for maintenance based on plasma aldosterone concentration

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-423

  Yu, Shiguang ^a   Morris, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Cats; Requirement; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; SODIUM; WATER;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CAT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RELATIVE DENSITY; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032962626     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.2.419     Document Type: Article

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