Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol in normal and critically-ill neonatal foals

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Castagnetti, Carolina ^a,b   Rametta, M ^a   Popeia, R Tudor ^a   Govoni, N ^a   Mariella, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Foal; Horse; PAS; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOAL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPSIS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 52049106626     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9100-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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