Stress responses of horses during a long period of transport in a commercial truck

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 838-844

  Friend, Theodore Henry ^a   Martin, Michael Terry ^b   Householder, Don Douglas ^a   Bushong, Diana Marie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRINKING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0032520344     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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