Hair dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) concentrations in newborn dogs

During the last intrauterine fetal stage of development and the neonatal period the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) is a key system. Apart of cortisol, the adrenals produce dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), the major steroid produced by the fetus itself, so that it could be considered as a ma...

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Main Authors: Barbara Bolis, Tanja Peric, Maria Cristina Veronesi, Massimo Faustini, Alessandro Rota, Marta Montillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2015-07-01
Series:International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety
Subjects:
Dog
Online Access:http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/haf/article/view/4978