Stress in transported sheep

Comparative Haematology International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-166

  Kent, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Injury; Sheep; Starvation; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EXHAUSTION; FEEDING; FLUID BALANCE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; SPACE; STRESS; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRATION; WATER DEPRIVATION; WELFARE;

EID: 0030730120     PISSN: 09387714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02652595     Document Type: Article

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