Dynamics of androgens in healthy and hospitalized newborn foals.
Jacob M SwinkLindsey M RingsHailey A SnyderRachel C McAuleyTeresa A BurnsKatarzyna A DembekWilliam F GilsenanNimet BrowneRamiro E ToribioPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2020)
Similar to glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and progestagens, increased serum concentrations of androgens are associated with disease severity and adverse outcome in hospitalized newborn foals. In healthy foals, androgens decrease over time, however, remain elevated longer in septic and nonsurviving foals. Androgens could play a role in or reflect a response to disorders such as sepsis or NMS in newborn foals.