Evaluation of the renal effects of experimental feeding of melamine and cyanuric acid to fish and pigs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1217-1228

  Reimschuessel, Renate ^a   Gieseker, Charles M ^a   Miller, Ron A ^b   Ward, Jeffrey ^a   Boehmer, Jamie ^a   Rummel, Nathan ^a   Heller, David N ^a   Nochetto, Cristina ^a   de Alwis, G K Hemakanthi ^a   Bataller, Neal ^b   Andersen, Wendy C ^a   Turnipseed, Sherri B ^a   Karbiwnyk, Christine M ^a   Satzger, R Duane ^a   Crowe, John B ^a   Wilber, Nancy R ^c   Reinhard, Mary K ^d   Roberts, John F ^d   Witkowski, Mark R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Denver Federal Center ^*  (United States)

^c Academy Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANURIC ACID; MELAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE MODEL; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROPHILIC INTERACTION LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; KIDNEY EXAMINATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; MALE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TRIAZINES;

ANIMALIA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR; SUIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 52649178994     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.9.1217     Document Type: Article

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