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A comparison of an enzymatic and a gas-chromatographic method for measuring the acetate concentration in the blood plasma of cattle

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The concentration of acetate in blood plasma was measured by both a gas-liquid chromatographic method and an enzymatic method using acetyl-CoA synthetase. When acetate was measured enzymatically without previous protein precipitation, the apparent concentration was lower than when the concentration measured by either a gas-chromatographic method or by the enzymatic method after protein precipitation with perchloric acid and neutralization.

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  1. Department of Cattle and Sheep Diseases, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7019, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

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Björkman, C. A comparison of an enzymatic and a gas-chromatographic method for measuring the acetate concentration in the blood plasma of cattle. Vet Res Commun 16, 407–410 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01839016

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