Assessment of a point-of-care biochemical analyzer and comparison with a commercial laboratory for the measurement of total protein and albumin concentrations in psittacines

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1348-1353

  Johnston, Matthew S ^a,b   Rosenthal, Karen L ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIURET;

ACCURACY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYZER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSITTACINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; LABORATORIES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PSITTACIFORMES;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 37249074429     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.12.1348     Document Type: Article

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