Evaluation of salivary cortisol determination and of cortisol responses to ACTH as markers of the training status/fitness of warmblood sports horses;ACTH stimulationstest und bestimmung von cortisol im blut und speichel zur bewertung des trainingszustands/der kondition beim warmblutpferd

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Elsaesser, F ^a   Klobasa, F ^a   Ellendorff, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fitness; Horse; Saliva; Training

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEALTH; HORSE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SALIVA; SECRETION; WALKING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; HEALTH; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING; SALIVA; WALKING;

EID: 0035221251     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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