Short-Term Serum Prolactin Concentrations in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Subjected to Serial Sampling and Restraint
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 33 (1) , 183-186
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f76-023
Abstract
Serum prolactin concentrations in serially sampled goldfish (Carassius auratus) did not vary significantly between 30 s and 3 min after initial capture. A marked decrease in prolactin concentration was noted 9-17 min after initial capture followed by a recovery at 30-48 min. Although there was a circadian variation in prolactin concentration, the pattern of response to capture and sampling did not vary significantly among the times tested.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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