THE INFLUENCE ON THE CORTISOL SECRETION A ND THE HYPERFUNCTION OF THEADRENAL-CORTEX (M CUSHING) IN CATS

Authors
KOLB E
Citation
E. Kolb, THE INFLUENCE ON THE CORTISOL SECRETION A ND THE HYPERFUNCTION OF THEADRENAL-CORTEX (M CUSHING) IN CATS, Monatshefte fur Veterinarmedizin, 49(1), 1994, pp. 3-8
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Monatshefte fur Veterinarmedizin → ACNP
ISSN journal
00269263
Volume
49
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-9263(1994)49:1<3:TIOTCS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The content of ACTH and of cortisol in the blood plasma of healthy cat s is influenced by the degree of stress during the collection of the b lood samples. The M. Cushing is caused by adenomas and carcinomas of t he pituitary gland and the adrenal cortex. In cases of an adenoma of t he pituitary gland the concentration of ACTH in the blood plasma was i ncreased to values of 90 to 490 pg/ml. The M. Cushing mostly induces a diabetes mellitus; there exist an immunosuppression and bad wound-hea ling.