Barton E P, Elliot J M
J Dairy Sci. 1977 Nov;60(11):1816-9. doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(77)84106-4.
Methylmalonic acid was measured in cattle urine by decarboxylating it to propionate with sulfuric acid and heat and quantifying the propionate so formed by gas-liquid chromatography. Crystalline methylmalonic acid added to cow urine was recovered quantitatively.