Influence of orchiectomy of seven month old bulls on bronchoalveolar immune function
ABSTRACT The present study evaluated the impact that orchiectomy, a routine but painful intervention in bovine husbandry, can cause on pulmonary immunity. To identify whether orchiectomy can impair lung defense, analyses of serum cortisol concentration and of alveolar macrophage and their function (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Series: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352017000200310&lng=en&tlng=en |