Testosterone increases urinary free felinine, N-acetylfelinine and methylbutanolglutathione excretion in cats (Felis catus)

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Hendriks, W H ^a   Rutherfurd Markwick, K J ^b   Weidgraaf, K ^b   Ugarte, C ^b   Rogers, Q R ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Estradiol; Felinine; Methylbutanolglutathione; N acetylfelinine; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; FELININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLFELINYLGLYCINE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLFELINYLGLYCINE; GLUTATHIONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PENTANOL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RANDOMIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CREATININE; CYSTEINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORCHIECTOMY; PENTANOLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 37849015959     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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