Easy way to measure kidney function in mice?

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Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu

Hi endogenous creatinine clearance can used as a measure of renal function in mice .

Greg A Kirchenbaum

Have you considered measuring analytes in urine using "test strips"?

Eileen Collyer

Thanks for the answers!

I was thinking on doing creatinine clearance, do I need to collect 24h urine or can I just use whatever volume I get from one void?

I didn't thought about strips, how reliable are they?