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Effects of captivity on glucose tolerance in dogs

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Captivity decreased tolerance to glucose and increased blood serotonin levels in 6 normal dogs investigated. Return to freedom brought normalization in the glucose tolerance test and reverted blood serotonin to control levels.

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  1. F. Lechin

    Present address: Departmento de Fisiopatología, Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

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  1. Departmento de Fisiopatología, Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    E. Coll-García, B. van der Dijs, A. Bentolila, F. Peña & C. Rivas

  2. Departmento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Bioanalisis Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

    F. Lechin, E. Coll-García, B. van der Dijs, A. Bentolila, F. Peña & C. Rivas

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Acknowledgment. The authors are grateful to Dr P. J. Randle, Dept. of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Oxford University, for his helpful advices and for revision of the manuscript.

This work was supported by a grant of the Consejo de Desarrollo Cientifico y Humanístico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela.

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Lechin, F., Coll-García, E., van der Dijs, B. et al. Effects of captivity on glucose tolerance in dogs. Experientia 35, 876–877 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955123

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