title: Blood gas and acid-base changes in the neonatal foal.
abstract: This article reviews what are considered the basic concepts of gas transport, blood gases, and acid-base physiology is most mammalian species. Techniques for the appropriate collection of blood samples for blood gas and acid-base determinations in the newborn foal are described. Guidelines for interpretation of these values in the normal foal and those animals undergoing respiratory and metabolic derangements are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hodgson
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006736:Horses