Effects of tail docking and castration on stress responses in lambs and the influence of prenatal glucocorticoid treatment

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1020-1025

  Li, Shaofu ^a,b   Nitsos, Ilias ^a,d   Polglase, Graeme R ^a,d   Newnham, John P ^a,b   Challis, John R G ^a,c   Moss, Timothy J M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Women and Infants Research Foundation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adrenal gland; fetal programming; hormone.

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PROGENY; TAIL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAIL;

EID: 84882339929     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12229     Document Type: Article

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