Effects of repeated growth-promoting doses of clenbuterol on the hepatic function of female pigs

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 269-271

  Gojmerac, Tihomira ^a   Pleadin, Jelka ^a   Zuric, Marijan ^a   Lojkic, Mirko ^a   Curic, Stipica ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLENBUTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLENBUTEROL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036785873     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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