Use of a GnRH vaccine, GonaCon™, for prevention and treatment of adrenocortical disease (ACD) in domestic ferrets

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 4619-4623

  Miller, Lowell A ^a   Fagerstone, Kathleen A ^a   Wagner, Robert A ^b   Finkler, Mark ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Roanoke Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hormones; Adrenocortical disease (ACD); Domestic ferret; GonaCon; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Mustela putorius furo

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; ESTRADIOL; GONACON; GONADORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERRET; FERTILITY; HAIR GROWTH; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE;

ADRENAL HORMONES; ADRENOCORTICAL DISEASE (ACD); DOMESTIC FERRET; GONACON; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH); MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FERRETS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 84883597895     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.035     Document Type: Article

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