In healthy dogs, cortisol at 60 minutes was similar after 5 microg/kg and 250 microg intravenous tetracosactrin.
In plain wordsIn healthy dogs, both tetracosactrin doses produced similar cortisol at 60 minutes.
- Peptide
- Cosyntropin
- Outcome
- No significant changeCortisol at 60 minutes in healthy dogs
- Study
dogn: not reported in source
Healthy dogs- Comparator
- 250 microg intravenous tetracosactrin
- Outcome group
- Adrenal Function · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
Cortisol concentrations 60 minutes after stimulation with either 5 microg/kg or 250 microg intravenous tetracosactrin were similar for both healthy dogs and dogs with hyperadrenocorticism.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A prospective study was undertaken to compare intravenous tetracosactrin at doses of 5 microg/kg and 250 microg for diagnosing hyperadrenocorticism in dogs.
Both healthy dogs and dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism were evaluated with the two doses of the drug, and serum cortisol concentrations were compared at 60 minutes post-stimulation.
In this study, Cosyntropin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Cosyntropin.