Endocrine and reproductive consequences of certain endotoxin-mediated diseases in farm mammals: A review

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-84

  Janosi S ^a   Huszenicza, G ^b   Kulcsár, Margit ^b   Korodi P ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endotoxin; Insulin like growth factor 1; Mastitis; Prostaglandins; Reproduction; Thyroid hormones; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTOXIN; ISOENZYME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOXYGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVIDS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORSE; MASTITIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SWINE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DAIRYING; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HORSES; ISOENZYMES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOXYGENASE; MASTITIS; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROSTAGLANDINS; REPRODUCTION; RUMINANTS; SEPSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0031603862     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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