Efects of various doses of ovine corticotrophin-releasing hormone on plasma and saliva cortisol concentrations in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-364

  Reijerkerk, Erica P R ^a   Visser, E Kathalijne ^b   van Reenen, Cornelis G ^b   van der Kolk, Johannes H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HORSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; OVIS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVA; SHEEP;

EID: 63249095560     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.3.361     Document Type: Article

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