Clinical utility of urine specific gravity, electrical conductivity, and color as on-farm methods for evaluating urine concentration in dairy cattle.
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SUBMITTER: Megahed AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
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Clinical utility of urine specific gravity, electrical conductivity, and color as on-farm methods for evaluating urine concentration in dairy cattle.
Megahed Ameer A AA Grünberg Walter W Constable Peter D PD
Journal of veterinary internal medicine 20190425 3
<h4>Background</h4>Urine concentration (UC) provides clinically useful information concerning hydration status and renal function of animals.<h4>Objectives</h4>To characterize the clinical performance of urine specific gravity measured by optical refractometry (U<sub>SG-R</sub> ) or Multistix-SG urine reagent dipstick (U<sub>SG-D</sub> ), urine electrical conductivity using an OAKTON Con 6 conductivity handheld meter (U<sub>EC</sub> ), urine color (U<sub>Color</sub> ) using a custom-designed 8-p ...[more]
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