The Effects of Anesthesia and Surgery on Thyroid Function Tests in Dogs

Background: Many non-thyroidal factors affect thyroid function tests. Anesthesia and surgery have been documented to affect thyroid function tests in humans but have not been extensively studied in dogs. Hypothesis: Anesthesia alone and anesthesia combined with surgery will affect thyroid funct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Melinda Anne
Other Authors: Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43705
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07122007-163551/