EFFECT OF STRESS ON STEROID HORMONE LEVELS IN RACEHORSES
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 58 (2) , 70-71
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1982.tb02692.x
Abstract
Cortisol and testosterone were measured by radioimmunoassay in plasma samples from race horses. None of 6 stressed male horses had low cortisol levels, but testosterone levels (0.81 .+-. 015 nmol/l) were significantly lower than in healthy horses (1.86 .+-. 0.31 nmol/l). Adrenocortical insufficiency apparently is not a common association of stress in race horses. The reduction in testosterone levels is probably a nonspecific response similar to that seen in other species.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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