The effects of handling and anesthetic agents on the stress response and carbohydrate metabolism in Northern elephant seals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Champagne, Cory D ^a   Houser, Dorian S ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Crocker, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETAMINE; TILETAMINE PLUS ZOLAZEPAM;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT ANIMAL; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HANDLING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; PHYSICAL STRESS; SEAL; SEDATION; TRANSPORT STRESS; WEANLING; YEARLING; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHOCA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEALS, EARLESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861674284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038442     Document Type: Article

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