Evaluation of the reproducibility and accuracy of pH-determining devices used to measure urine pH in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Johnson, Kristen Y ^a   Lulich, Jody P ^a   Osborne, Carl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33846884191     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.3.364     Document Type: Article

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