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Báo cáo khoa học: "Cortisol secretion after adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and Dexamethasone tests in healthy female and male dogs"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Cortisol secretion after adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and Dexamethasone tests in healthy female and male dogs. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Research Cortisol secretion after adrenocorticotrophin ACTH and Dexamethasone tests in healthy female and male dogs Paula Pessina 1 Andrea Fernandez-Foren1 Enrique Cueto2 Luis Delucchi2 Victor Castillo3 and Ana Meikle1 Address 1Laboratorio de Técnicas Nucleares Facultad de Veterinaria Montevideo Uruguay 2Clínica de Pequenos Animales Facultad de Veterinaria Lasplaces 1550 Montevideo Uruguay and 3Area de Clínica Médica de Pequenos Animales Hospital Escuela U. Endocrinología Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina Email Paula Pessina - ppessina@hotmail.com Andrea Fernandez-Foren - andisff@gmail.com Enrique Cueto - quique28@hotmail.com Luis Delucchi - ldelucchi@fvet.edu.uy Victor Castillo - vcastill@fvet.uba.ar Ana Meikle - anamei@adinet.com.uy Corresponding author Open Access Published 17 August 2009 Received 23 July 2009 . J . . Accepted 17 August 2009 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009 51 33 doi 10.1186 1751-0147-51-33 This article is available from http www.actavetscand.cOm content 51 1 33 2009 Pessina et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.Org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background For the conclusive diagnosis of Cushing s Syndrome a stimulating ACTH test or a low suppressive Dexamethasone test is used. Reports in other species than the dog indicate that plasma cortisol concentration after ACTH administration is affected by gender. We investigated the effect of gender on the cortisol response to ACTH and Dexamethasone tests in dogs. Methods Seven healthy adult Cocker Spaniels 4 females and 3 males were assigned to a two by two factorial design 4 dogs 2 females and 2 males received IV Dexamethasone 0.01 mg kg while