The Animal Physiology Core (APC) provides for diabetes related phenotyping in small animal models. Services offered include the assessment of body composition, energy balance, glucose homeostasis, and ...

The book is also useful for the laboratory animal setting. Besides the interesting comparisons on physiology and anatomy between many species maintained in a laboratory, the diagrams and ...

In vertebrates, an important mechanism for coping with stressors begins with adrenally-derived glucocorticoid hormones: corticosterone in amphibians, reptiles, and birds, or cortisol in fish and ...

Our overall objective is to advance health, welfare and nutrition of farm and companion animals. We use multidisciplinary approach, utilizing e.g. ethology, physiology, genomics, metabolomics and ...