Comparison of two castration methods in calves: Changes in cortisol concentration, white blood count and behaviour;Vergleich zweier kastrationsmethoden beim rind: Plasmakortisolkonzentrationen, leukozytenzahlen und verhaltensänderungen

Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe G: Grosstiere - Nutztiere

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-126

  Obritzhauser, W ^a,b   Deutz, A ^a   Kofer J ^a  

^a Tiergesundheitsdienst   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Calf; Castration; Cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032058804     PISSN: 14341220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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