Effects of α2-adrenergic receptor agonists on urine production in horses deprived of food and water

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1342-1346

  Nuñez, Enrique ^a   Steffey, Eugene P ^b   Ocampo, Luis ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Garcia, Alma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DETOMIDINE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLAZINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HORSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSURIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLYCOSURIA; HORSES; IMIDAZOLES; POTASSIUM; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SODIUM; URINATION; WATER DEPRIVATION; XYLAZINE;

EID: 5644258664     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1342     Document Type: Article

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