Increased plasma concentrations of vasopressin, oxytocin, cortisol and the prostaglandin F2α metabolite during labour in the dog

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-287

  Olsson, K ^a   Bergstrom A ^a   Kindahl, H ^a   Lagerstedt, A S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dog; Labour; Oxytocin; Prostaglandin F2 (PGF 2 ); Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; VASOPRESSIN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; DOGS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LITTER SIZE; OXYTOCIN; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0345304228     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0001-6772.2003.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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