Composition and characteristics of urinary calculi from guinea pigs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-220

  Hawkins, Michelle G ^a   Ruby, Annette L ^a   Drazenovich, Tracy L ^a   Westropp, Jodi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; URINALYSIS; URINARY CALCULI; UROLITHIASIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM RENALE;

EID: 59049097576     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.2.214     Document Type: Article

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