Relationship between behaviour and heart rate as an indicator of stress in domestic sheep under different housing systems

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-181

  Palestrini, C ^a   Ferrante, V ^a   Mattiello, S ^a   Canali, E ^a   Carenzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Heart rate; Housing; Management; Ram

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000953320     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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