Behavioral, Endocrine, Immune, and Performance Measures for Pigs Exposed to Acute Stress

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 474-483

  Hicks, Tiffanie A ^a   McGlone, John J ^a,b   Whisnant, C Scott ^a   Kattesh, Henry G ^c   Norman, Reid L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Immunity; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; COLD; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HEAT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031989634     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762474x     Document Type: Article

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