Assessment of the impact of collection temperature and sampler design on the measurement of exhaled breath condensate pH in healthy horses

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-212

  Whittaker, Andrew G ^a   Love, Sandy ^a   Parkin, Timothy D H ^b   Duz, Marco ^a   Cathcart, Michael ^a   Hughes, Kristopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaled breath condensate; Horse; Methodology; PH; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ICE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPIRED AIR; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SAMPLER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 84856336378     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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