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MANIPULATION OF CENTRAL CRH TO IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS & PATHOGEN SHEDDING

Objective

Improve current understanding of the relationship between stress and the pathogen-host interaction by utilizing a swine neuroendocrine model to modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis along with a disease challenge model.

Investigators
Upchurch, Dan
Institution
Texas Tech University
Start date
2001
End date
2005
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6208-32000-003-05S
Accession number
404847
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