Effect on young calves of a one-hour feeding stop during a 19-hour road journey

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 687-692

  Knowles, T G ^a   Brown, S N ^a   Edwards, J E ^a   Phillips, A J ^a   Warriss, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; EATING; ELECTROLYTES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMIDITY; MALE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033583889     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.25.687     Document Type: Article

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