The elevated serum urea: Creatinine ratio in canine babesiosis in South Africa is not of renal origin

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 175-178

  de Scally, M P ^a   Leisewitz, Andrew L ^b   Lobetti, R G ^a   Thompson, P N ^b  

^a Bryanston Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Azotaemia; Canine babesiosis; Creatinine; Cystatin C; Prerenal azotaemia; Serum haemoglobin; Urea

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TURBIDIMETRY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

BABESIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34047154128     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v77i4.373     Document Type: Article

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