Cortisol and immune measures in boars exposed to three-day administration of exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-444

  Bilandžić, Nina ^a   Zuric M ^a   Lojkic M ^a   Simic B ^b   Milic D ^c   Barac I ^c  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Dubravica Swine Farm ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Boars; Cortisol; Immunity; Leukocyte; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33644558088     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3315-3     Document Type: Article

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