Impairment in the pituitary - Thyroid axis of the Camelus dromedarius infected with Trypanosoma evansi

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 172-174

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Abdel Rahman, H ^a   Elmougy, S A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0035316495     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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