Determination of creatinine excretion and evaluation of spot urine sampling in Holstein cattle

Livestock Science

Volumn 113, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Chizzotti, Mario Luiz ^a,b   Valadares Filho, Sebastião de Campos ^a   Valadares, Rilene Ferreira Diniz ^a   Chizzotti, Fernanda Helena Martins ^a,b   Tedeschi, Luis Orlindo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Purine derivatives; Urine collection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; MICROPUS;

EID: 37549042429     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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