title: Effects of transport stress on serum alkaline phosphatase activity in beagle dogs.
abstract: Here, to determine the effects of transport stress on blood parameters in dogs, we investigated the changes in hematologic and serum chemical parameters in healthy beagle dogs transported from Beijing, China, to Osaka, Japan, to obtain the background data. Only the activity of serum alkaline phosphatase increased clearly upon arrival, a change attributed to transport stress, but the activity gradually reduced afterward. No marked changes in levels of other blood parameters were noted. Our findings here suggest that alkaline phosphatase is a useful tool for studying transport stress.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory Animal Science Div., Astellas Research Technologies Co., Ltd., 1-6 Kashima 2-chome, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8514, Japan.
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: Ippei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishiura
authors.forename: Mitsuyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yahagi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Hironari
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagita
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Asobi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishina
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004285:Dogs; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors; D014186:Transportation
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase