title: Effect of carbonic anhydrase inhibition on blood acid-base balance in the chicken embryo.
abstract: The role of carbonic anhydrase in chicken embryo blood acid-base balance was examined using the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide during the second half of incubation. Day 13, 16, and 17 embryos of treated eggs had significant increases in blood PCO2 and decreases in blood pH when compared with controls.
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000086:Acetazolamide