Stress-induced Cushing's syndrome in fur-chewing chinchillas

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-142

  Tiljar, Marina ^a   Janic D ^b   Grabarevic ^c   Impraga, Borka ^a   Marinculic A ^c   Pinter, Ljiljana ^c   Janicki, Z ^c   Nemanič, Ankica ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b PLIVA CROATIA LTD   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

'fur chewing'; Chinchilla; Cushing's syndrome; Histopathology; Hyperadrenocorticism; Hypercortisolism; Skin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SALT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; COMEDO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATINIZATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINCHILLA; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; RODENT DISEASES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLIDAE;

EID: 0036375310     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.50.2002.2.1     Document Type: Article

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