An alternative method for delivering adrenocorticotropin hormone in birds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-353

  Morgan Wilson, C ^a   Holberton, Rebecca L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical response; Adrenocorticotropin hormone; Intraperitoneal injection; Junco hyemalis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035018915     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7648     Document Type: Article

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