Is vasopressin a "stress hormone" in the horse?

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Nyman, Sara ^a   Hydbring, Eva ^a   Dahlborn, Kristina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fluid status; Horse; Naso gastric tube; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NASO;

EID: 0030531716     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960409     Document Type: Article

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