Indomethacin blocks pre-partum nest building behaviour in the pig (Sus scrofa): Effects on plasma prostaglandin F metabolite, oxytocin, cortisol and progesterone

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 507-517

  Gilbert, C L ^a   Burne, T H J ^a   Goode, J A ^a   Murfitt, P J E ^a   Walton, S L ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ALCOHOL; ALTRENOGEST; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETACIN; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REGUMATE PORCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SPECIFICITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JUGULAR VEIN; METABOLITE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; SWINE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOMETHACIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036123481     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1720507     Document Type: Article

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