Use of a quantitative strong ion approach to determine the mechanism for acid-base abnormalities in sick calves with or without diarrhea

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 581-589

  Constable, Peter D ^a   Stämpfli, Henry R ^b   Navetat, Hervé ^c   Berchtold, Joachim ^d   Schelcher, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Center for Clinical Veterinary Research   (France)

^d Veterinary Practice ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Calf diarrhea; D lactic acidosis; Hyponatremia; Metabolic acidosis

Indexed keywords

ACID; ION; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; METABOLISM; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16244413274     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[581:UOAQSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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