Assessment of urinary metanephrine and normetanephrine fractionation analyses as aids in the antemortem diagnosis of pheochromocytomas in clouded leopards (Neofelis nebulosa)
Normetanephrine- and metanephrine-to-creatinine fractionation testing may provide a minimally invasive antemortem method of screening for pheochromocytomas in clouded leopards. Quantitative studies are needed to determine if this testing is consistently able to diagnose pheochromocytoma in live clouded leopards.
Authors
- Andrew Cushing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5258-1543)
- Xiaojuan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-8968)
- Peter Sojka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3900-1054)
- Edward C. Ramsay
- Heather Schwartz
- Laura Martinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8615-6855)
Institutions
- Connecticut Valley Hospital (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.25.01.0033
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00