General anaesthesia decreases osteocalcin plasma concentrations in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-536

  Grafenau, P ^a   Eicher, R ^a   Uebelhart, B ^b   Tschudi, P ^a   Lepage, O M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Cortisol; Horse; Osteocalcin; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORSE; MALE; SCINTISCANNING;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; CREATININE; FEMALE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OSTEOCALCIN; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0033220084     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03864.x     Document Type: Article

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