Synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation tests in healthy neonatal foals

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-321

  Hart, Kelsey A ^a   Ferguson, Duncan C ^a   Heusner, Gary L ^b   Barton, Michelle Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cortisol; Horse; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COSYNTROPIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34047141630     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[314:SAHSTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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