Reliability of taurine concentrations measured in single urine samples obtained from dogs eight hours after eating

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-189

  Sanderson, Sherry ^a,d   Gross, Kathy ^b   Lulich, Jody ^a   Osborne, Carl ^a   Ogburn, Phillip ^a   Pierpont, Mary Ella ^c   Koehler, Lori ^a   Swanson, Laurie ^a   Bird, Kathy ^a   Ulrich, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; URINARY TRACT; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CREATININE; DOGS; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAURINE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0033071711     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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