Severe hypertriglyceridaemia in clinically ill horses: Diagnosis, treatment and outcome

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 590-595

  Dunkel, B ^a,b   McKenzie III, H C ^a  

^a MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Horse; Hypertriglyceridaemia; Intravenous dextrose; Serum triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CASE REPORT; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BREEDING; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0742315664     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403775467270     Document Type: Article

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