Plasma enteroglucagon and neurotensin levels in gnotobiotic calves infected with enteropathogenic and non-enteropathogenic viruses

GA Hall, KR Parsons, JC Bridger, MA Ghatei… - Research in veterinary …, 1985 - Elsevier
Five gnotobiotic calves were each infected with five viruses. Each calf was inoculated with
Coronavirus at seven days old, followed by astrovirus, Newbury agent, Parainfluenzavirus
type 3 and rotavirus at intervals of two weeks. Three of the viruses were enteropathogenic
(bovine Coronavirus, bovine calici-like virus and bovine rotavirus) and two were not (bovine
astrovirus and Parainfluenzavirus type 3). Plasma levels of the peptide hormones
enteroglucagon and neurotensin and faecal output were measured daily and xylose …