Association between urine osmolality and specific gravity in dogs and the effect of commonly measured urine solutes on that association

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1542-1545

  Ayoub, Jennifer A ^a,b   Beaufrere, Hugues ^a,c   Acierno, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Palm Beach Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HEMOGLOBINURIA; KETONURIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEINURIA; REFRACTOMETER; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; DOGS; GLYCOSURIA; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETOSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEINURIA; REFRACTOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 84888267453     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.74.12.1542     Document Type: Article

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