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

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 557-568

  Shingfield, K J ^a,b   Offer, N W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Dairy cows; Feeding frequency; Purines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040084502     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009139     Document Type: Review

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