Skin Conductance Reflects Drug-Induced Changes in Blood Levels of Cortisol, Adrenaline and Noradrenaline in Dogs

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Hideo AKIYOSHI¹  Maki ISHIBASHI¹  Toshie ISERI¹  Fumihito OHASHI¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1–58 Rinku-ohrai-kita, Izumisano, Osaka 598–8531, Japan

关键词: nervous system;    skin conductance;    stress;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.12-0478

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(23)Cited-By(2)To verify availability of skin conductance (SC) as an indicator for the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity in dogs, the changes in SC and blood levels of stress-related hormones induced by drugs were compared. SC and cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline levels were measured in 5 dogs on 4 occasions with or without drug-induced sedation at 7-day intervals (no treatment, intramuscular medetomidine 0.01 mg/kg, intramuscular acepromazine 0.1 mg/kg and intravenous fentanyl 0.02 mg/kg). The fentanyl treatment produced significantly higher levels of SC and plasma cortisol and adrenaline compared with the other 3 treatments. The plasma noradrenaline level also tended to be higher following the fentanyl treatment. These results indicate that SC may reflect changes in the SNS activities in dogs.

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