Reference values of electrolyte plasma concentrations in healthy piglets during the first 48 hours of life

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Wehrend, A ^a,b   Failing, K ^b   Tschachtschal, J ^a,b   Bostedt, H ^a,b  

^a Klinik fur Geburtshilfe   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; SUCKLING; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATES; PLASMA; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; SODIUM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038320585     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2003.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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