Evaluation of oral administration of cortisol as a model for prenatal stress in pregnant sows

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 780-790

  Kranendonk, Godelieve ^a,b   Hopster, Hans ^b   van Eerdenburg, Frank ^a   van Reenen, Kees ^b   Fillerup, Maaike ^b   de Groot, Johanna ^b   Korte, Mechiel ^b   Taverne, Marcel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL STRESS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SALIVARY GLANDS; STRESS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 20444489972     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.780     Document Type: Article

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