Glucocorticosteroid hormones affect virtually every tissue type in the body, including tissues
of host‐defense systems. There is an enormous body of literature concerning specific effects …

When administered at pharmacological dosages, glucocorticosteroid hormones alter
leukocyte kinetics, phagocytic cell function, cell-mediated immunity, and, to a lesser extent …

NATURAL. As wELL as synthetic glucocorticoids are important in the practice of bovine
medicine. Physiologic increase of plasma glucocorticoid (cortisol and corticosterone) …

Glucocorticoids are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of medication in
veterinary medicine, with numerous applications ranging from physiologic replacement …

Rational glucocorticoid therapy depends on a complicated interplay of many factors. An
understanding of the physiology of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the comparative …

The synthetic glucocorticoid, dexamethasone, has been used by investigators studying
bovine immune mechanisms to either exacerbate infectious processes or simulate stress …

The involvement of adrenal glucocorticoids and immunologic competence has been under
investigation in laboratory animals for many years. As early as 1936, Selye (16) reported that …

Two studies were conducted to determine the effects of dexamethasone (DEX) on immune
function in mallard ducks. Each day ducks were injected intramuscularly with DEX at doses …

Administration of pharmacologic dosages of glucocorticosteroids is one of the therapeutic
mainstays in the treatment of a large number of inftamma tory and immunologically mediated …

Glucocorticoids, secreted in response to perceived stress, can suppress immunoglobulin (Ig)
levels and compromise immune function in mice and rats. Prairie voles (Microtus …