Dietary sodium promotes increased water intake and urine volume in cats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Hawthorne, Amanda J ^a   Markwell, Peter J ^a  

^a WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Sodium; Urine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; SODIUM ION; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; NONHUMAN; SODIUM INTAKE; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 3543147779     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.8.2128s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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