Comparison of a digital and an optical analogue hand-held refractometer for the measurement of canine urine specific gravity

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 463-

  Paris, J K ^a   Bennett, A D ^b   Dodkin, S J ^c   Gunn Moore, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; REFRACTOMETRY; RELATIVE DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84860822645     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100348     Document Type: Article

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