Behavioral and Pituitary Adrenal-Axis Responses of Dairy Cows to Social Isolation and Deprivation of Lying Down

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 769-778

  Munksgaard, Lene ^a,c   Simonsen, Henrik B ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cortisol; Cows; Deprivation of Lying; Isolation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; CATTLE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARD; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030124130     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.744769x     Document Type: Article

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