Serum Free Cortisol Fraction in Healthy and Septic Neonatal Foals

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-355

  Hart, K A ^a   Barton, M H ^a   Ferguson, D C ^c   Berghaus, R ^a   Slovis, N M ^d   Heusner, G L ^b   Hurley, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Horse; Relative adrenal insufficiency; Sepsis; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952336901     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0667.x     Document Type: Article

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