Hyperglycemia, hypernatremia, and hyperosmolarity in 6 neonatal llamas and alpacas

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1701-1704

  Cebra, Christopher K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLONIXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUNIXIN; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; RINGER'S SOLUTION; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; NEWBORN; OSMOLARITY; PH; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOREXIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLONIXIN; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034571936     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.1701     Document Type: Article

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