Physiological responses of horses to 24 hours of transportation using a commercial van during summer conditions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1458-1466

  Stull, C L ^a   Rodiek, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horses; Lymphocytes; Stress; Transport; Well being

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; SEASON; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HORSES; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RECTUM; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0034203787     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7861458x     Document Type: Article

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