Are urea and creatinine values reliable indicators of azotaemia in canine babesiosis?

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-124

  de Scally, Martin P ^a   Lobetti, R G ^a,b   Reyers, F ^c   Humphris, D ^c  

^a Bryanston Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dog; Haemoglobin; Interference; Non renal elevations

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; LINEAR MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UREA; UREMIA;

EID: 13744261559     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v75i3.466     Document Type: Article

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