Behavioral, cardiac and cortisol responses to brief peer separation and reunion in cattle

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 693-699

  Boissy, Alain ^a   Le Neindre, Pierre ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cattle; Cortisol; Heart rate; Reunion; Social separation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUNION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

EID: 0031010413     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00521-5     Document Type: Article

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