EVALUATION OF UREA AND ALBUMIN AS ENDOGENOUS MARKERS OF DILUTION OF EQUINE BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID

Authors
MCGORUM BC DIXON PM HALLIWELL REW IRVING P
Citation
Bc. Mcgorum et al., EVALUATION OF UREA AND ALBUMIN AS ENDOGENOUS MARKERS OF DILUTION OF EQUINE BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, Research in Veterinary Science, 55(1), 1993, pp. 52-56
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Research in Veterinary Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00345288
Volume
55
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
52 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-5288(1993)55:1<52:EOUAAA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The urea and albumen dilution techniques for standardising the variabl e concentrations of pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (PELF) in bronch oalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples were evaluated in horses. Both t echniques proved satisfactory and were of equal accuracy. Albumen adju sted BALF cell counts were significantly higher than PELF cell counts. BALF from normal horses contained, on average, 0.4 per cent PELF (ran ge 0.1 to 1.0 per cent), as determined by the urea dilution technique.