Serum cobalamin, urine methylmalonic acid, and plasma total homocysteine concentrations in Border Collies and dogs of other breeds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1194-1199

  Lutz, Sabina ^a   Sewell, Adrian C ^b   Bigler, Beat ^c   Riond, Barbara ^a   Reusch, Claudia E ^a   Kook, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Laupeneck Laboratory   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDER COLLIE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DOG; LETHARGY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; UMMA;

EID: 84865654200     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.73.8.1194     Document Type: Article

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