Immunity in barren and enriched housed pigs differing in baseline cortisol concentration

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 217-223

  De Groot, Johanna ^a,b   De Jong, Ingrid C ^a,b   Prelle, Ina T ^b   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Environmental enrichment; Immunity; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOUSING; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SWINE;

EID: 0034319094     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00336-X     Document Type: Article

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