Travel sickness and meat quality in pigs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Bradshaw, R H ^a   Randall, J M ^b   Forsling, M L ^c   Rodway, R ^d   Goode, J A ^e   Brown, S N ^f   Broom, D M ^a  

^a Dept of Clin Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Lysine vasopressin; Meat quality; Pigs; Stress hormones; Travel sickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012966860     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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