Comparison between the urine dipstick and the pH-meter to assess urine pH in sheep and dogs.

Labrini V AthanasiouPanagiotis-Dimitrios KatsoulosEleni G KatsogiannouZoe S PolizopoulouMyrto DiamantakiConstantinos KamatsosGeorgios Christodoulopoulos

Published in: Veterinary clinical pathology (2018)

Urine dipstick reagent pads and pH-meters can be used interchangeably to determine urine pH in sheep without needing centrifugation. In contrast, pH-meters provide more accurate pH measurements than urine dipstick pads in canine urine, which is not improved by centrifugation.

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computed tomography
high resolution
mass spectrometry
contrast enhanced