Hyperosmolemic changes following experimental ethylene glycol intoxication in dogs.
Experimental ethylene glycol toxicosis in dogs produced a marked increase in serum osmolality. By comparing measured and calculated serum osmolality and relating this difference to plasma ethylene glycol, it was determined that ethylene glycol was primarily responsible for the hyperosmolemia. Osmometry may provide a useful adjunct to other diagnostic tests in identifying ethylene glycol intoxicated dogs during the early, most treatable, stage of toxicosis.
Green
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College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201.
St Omer
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Zumwalt
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Dallman
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