Comparison of gastrografin to barium sulfate as a gastrointestinal contrast agent in red-eared slider turtles (trachemys scripta elegans)

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Long, Charles Tyler ^a   Page, Richard B ^b   Howard, Antwain M ^a   McKeon, Gabriel P ^a   Felt, Stephen A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Gastrografin ; Gastrointestinal contrast study; Red eared sliders; Trachemys scripta elegans

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TURTLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 73649125535     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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