Hormonas de utilidad diagnóstica en Medicina Veterinaria R. MATAMOROS, M.V., M.Sc., Ph.D.; C. GOMEZ, M.V.; M. ANDAUR, T.M. Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Manuel Montt #56, Temuco, Chile. e-mail: rmatamor@uct.cl SUMMARY As many areas of the veterinary medicine, clinical endocrinology has experienced significant advances in the knowledge of physiology, physiopathology and the diagnosis of diseases in domestic animals.