Estimating clinical chemistry reference values based on an existing data set of unselected animals

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-281

  Dimauro, Corrado ^a   Bonelli, Piero ^b   Nicolussi, Paola ^b   Rassu, Salvatore P G ^a   Cappio Borlino, Aldo ^a   Pulina, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Istituto Zooprofilatico della Sardegna G Pegreffi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical chemistry; Outliers; Reference values; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARM ANIMAL; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FEMALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SARDA;

EID: 54449085790     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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