A saliva urea test strip for use in feline and canine patients: a pilot study.

We evaluated a saliva urea test strip (Kidney-Chek; SN Biomedical), as a rapid, noninvasive method to screen for azotemia. The test is a semiquantitative method that assesses 7 levels of saliva urea concentration, and indirectly serum urea, from <3 to >17 mmol/L. Ninety-two dogs (14 azotemic) with serum urea of 1.

Cardiopulmonary effects of pleural insufflation with CO during two-lung ventilation in dorsally recumbent anesthetized horses.

Objective: To record the cardiopulmonary effects of pleural CO positive pressure insufflation in anesthetized horses.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: Seven horses (mean ± standard deviation, 530.