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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2019

Clinical utility of urine specific gravity, electrical conductivity, and color as on-farm methods for evaluating urine concentration in dairy cattle.

Ameer A Megahed, Walter Grünberg, Peter D Constable

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Does Acidification Affect Urinary Creatinine in Dairy Cattle?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ameer A MegahedDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2006-8873
Walter GrünbergClinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
Peter D ConstableDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1929-2106
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUrine concentration (UC) provides clinically useful information concerning hydration status and renal function of animals.

objectivesTo characterize the clinical performance of urine specific gravity measured by optical refractometry (U ANIMALS: 20 periparturient Holstein-Friesian cows.

methodsUrine was obtained by perineal stimulation or urethral catheterization and urine osmolality (U

resultsThe best performing test for diagnosing hypohydration was U CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: U

Indexed as

ColorOrganism Hydration StatusSpecific GravityAnimalsCattleCreatinineElectric ConductivityFemaleKidney Function TestsSensitivity and SpecificityUrinalysisCreatininebovinedehydrationhypohydrationrefractometerurine color charturine creatinineurine dipstick

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PMID31025445
PMCPMC6524117
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