Administration of ACTH to restrained, pregnant sows alters their pigs' hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2399-2411

  Haussmann, M F ^a   Carroll, J A ^b   Weesner, G D ^c   Daniels, M J ^a   Matteri, R L ^b   Lay Jr , D C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal Gland; Behavior; Corticotropin; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0034266009     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7892399x     Document Type: Article

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