Effects of melatonin administration on the clinical course of adrenocortical disease in domestic ferrets

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1743-1748

  Ramer, Jan C ^a,b   Benson, Keith G ^a,c   Morrisey, James K ^a,d   O'Brien, Robert T ^a,e   Paul Murphy, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^c Riverbanks Zoo and Garden   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e VETMED Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRET; HAIR GROWTH; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTATE; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 33845290247     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.11.1743     Document Type: Article

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