Stress hormone responses of sheep to food and water deprivation at high and low ambient temperatures

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-56

  Parrott, R F ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a   Goode, J A ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cortisol; Dehydration; Food deprivation; Prolactin; Sheep; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002568675     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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