Urinalysis as a noninvasive health screening procedure in falconidae

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-12

  Tschopp, Rea ^a   Bailey, Tom ^a   Di Somma, Antonio ^a   Silvanose, Christudas ^a  

^a Dubai Falcon Hospital ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Avian; Biochemistry; Bird of prey; Falconidae; Kidney; Urinalysis; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 34248669055     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2007)21[8:UAANHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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