Shackling of broilers: Effects on stress responses and breast meat quality

British Poultry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-332

  Kannan, G ^a,c   Heath, J L ^a   Wabeck, C J ^b   Mench, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LESREC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; EXERCISE; FEAR; MALE; MEAT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031228037     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669708417998     Document Type: Article

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