Determination of and correlation between urine protein excretion and urine protein-to-creatinine ratio values during a 24-hour period in healthy horses and ponies

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1551-1556

  Uberti, Benjamin ^a,b   Eberle, D Bernard ^a   Pressler, Barrak M ^a   Moore, George E ^a   Sojka, Janice E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doña Pilar Embriones ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SPECIES; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; CREATININE; HORSES; PROTEINURIA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 75149167023     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.12.1551     Document Type: Article

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