Relationships between protein and urate in avian urine.
Uric acid is a nitrogenous compound that is produced as an end product of the deamination of amino acids. Many insects and all reptiles and birds excrete the majority of excess nitrogen as solid uric acid granules that are suspended in the urine. However, the solid uric acid is not in crystalline fo...
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The University of Arizona.
1995
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187318 |