Effect of age on reference intervals of serum biochemical values in kittens

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Levy, Julie K ^a   Crawford, P Cynda ^a   Werner, Linda L ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACCURACY; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRTH; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAT; COLOSTRUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLID; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645464318     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.7.1033     Document Type: Article

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