Specific gravity and osmolality as measures of urine concentration in the calf.
Specific gravity and osmolality were determined for daily urine output from 8 male calves that developed diarrhoea. Both factors increased significantly during diarrhoea. From the correlation (r = 0.724) between them and the range of predicted osmolality values for any particular SG the use of osmolality was confirmed as a precise measure of urine concentration in the calf.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine / Q000662:veterinary*; D007671:Kidney Concentrating Ability; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D013046:Specific Gravity; D014556:Urine