The circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol in growing pigs: Effects of age, gender, and stress

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 623-630

  Ruis, Marko A W ^a   Te Brake, Joop H A ^a   Engel, Bas ^a   Ekkel, E Dinand ^a   Buist, Willem G ^a   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Chronobiology; Circadian rhythmicity; Cosinor analysis; Gender; Isolation; Pigs; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0030927993     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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