Serum corticosterone response to adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation in Florida sandhill cranes

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 715-721

  Ladders, John W ^a   Langenberg, Julie A ^b   Czekala, Nancy M ^c   Erb, Mollis N ^a   McCormick, Heather ^d  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; ACTH stimulation test; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticosterone; Grus canadensis pratensis; Sandhill cranes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EATING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; STRESS;

EID: 0032174969     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.715     Document Type: Article

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