Short communication: Effects of isolation stress on mammary tight junctions in lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-51

  Stelwagen, K ^a,c   Hopster, H ^b   Van Der Werf, J T N ^b   Blokhuis, H J ^b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Res Stn Cattle Sheep Horse H   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Isolation stress; Milk; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ENDOTOXIN; LACTOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LACTATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UDDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0033631167     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74853-3     Document Type: Article

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