Effects of Cortisol on In Vitro Interferon-γ Production, Acute-Phase Proteins, Growth, and Feed Intake in a Calf Castration Model

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1041-1047

  Fisher, A D ^a,b   Crowe, M A ^b   O'Nuallain E M ^b   Monaghan, M L ^b   Larkin, J A ^a   O'Kiely, P ^a   Enright, W J ^a,c  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Castration; Cattle; Hydrocortisone; Interferon; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CONCANAVALIN A; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOCYANIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONCANAVALIN A; EATING; FIBRINOGEN; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEMOCYANIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORCHIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031113889     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7541041x     Document Type: Article

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