Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 1-14 , January 2003

Effects of dexamethasone, glucose infusion, adrenocorticotropin, and propylthiouracil on plasma leptin concentrations in horses

Received 15 March 2002 ,Accepted 1 June 2002.

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☆ Approved for publication by the Director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station as manuscript no. 02-11-0066.

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