Responses of the porcine pituitary-adrenal axis to chronic intermittent stressor

• Published in: Domestic animal endocrinology Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 133 - 149
• Main Author: Klemcke, H.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 1994
• Subjects: ADRENAL GLANDS; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - blood; Animals; BARROWS; BINDING SITE; Body Weight; CASTRACION; CASTRATION; CERDO; CERDO CASTRADO; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHIMIORECEPTEUR; CORTICOTROPHIN; CORTICOTROPHINE; CORTICOTROPINA; GLANDULA PITUITARIA; GLANDULAS SUPRARRENALES; Hydrocortisone - blood; HYPOPHYSE; MACHO; MALE; MALES; PIGS; PITUITARY GLAND; Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiology; PORC CASTRE; PORCIN; Prolactin - blood; QUIMIORECEPTORS; Receptors, Corticotropin - metabolism; STRESS CONDITIONS; Stress, Physiological - physiopathology; SURRENALE; SWINE; Swine - physiology

Initial responses and adaptation of the porcine pituitary-adrenal axis to a chronic intermittent stressor (45-min daily restraint for 8 or 9 d) and effects of this stressor on binding to adrenocortical ACTH receptors were measured. Blood samples were obtained via indwelling jugular catheters on days...