Comparison of two methods to determine plasma bile acid concentrations in healthy birds

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Cray, Carolyn ^a   Andreopoulos, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Enzymatic method; Hepatic disease; Liver; Psittacine birds; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 0141795548     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2002-022     Document Type: Article

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