Effects of Handling and Physical Restraint on Rectal Temperature, Cortisol, Glucose and Leucocyte Counts in the Silver Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-39

  Oppermann Moe, R ^a   Bakken, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

fur bearing animals; granulocytes; HPA axis; lymphocytes; radio telemetry; SAM system; stress; welfare; white blood cells

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOX; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOXES; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RECTUM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030633118     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548505     Document Type: Article

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