EFFECT OF NON-ADRENAL ILLNESS, ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY ON PLASMA-CORTISOL CONCENTRATIONS IN DOGS

Citation
Db. Church et al., EFFECT OF NON-ADRENAL ILLNESS, ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY ON PLASMA-CORTISOL CONCENTRATIONS IN DOGS, Research in Veterinary Science, 56(1), 1994, pp. 129-131
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00345288
Volume
56
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
129 - 131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-5288(1994)56:1<129:EONIAA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Basal plasma cortisol concentrations in 25 dogs with non-adrenal illne ss were two to three times higher than in 25 normal dogs (158 +/- 25 n mol litre(-1) compared with 65 +/- 22; mean +/- so). In addition, plas ma cortisol concentrations were measured in 12 animals undergoing majo r abdominal, thoracic or orthopaedic surgery and compared to a group o f six anaesthetised dogs. Anaesthesia alone failed to significantly al ter plasma cortisol levels, however, ail forms of surgery produced a s ignificant increase in plasma cortisol concentration which returned to normal 24 hours after completion of surgery.