Influence of urine pH on accurate urinary protein determination in Sprague-Dawley rats

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Reagan, William J ^a   VanderLind, Brady ^a,c   Shearer, Allan ^a   Botts, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Centennial Hills Animal Hospital ^*

^c Centennial Hills Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipstick; Nephrotoxicity; Rat; Sulfosalicylic acid; Urinary protein; Urine pH

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BICARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PH; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROTEINURIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAGENT STRIPS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; URINALYSIS; URINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 34047276632     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00185.x     Document Type: Article

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