Transport stress in cattle as reflected by an increase in faecal cortisol metabolite concentrations

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 108-109

  Palme, R ^b   Robia, C ^b   Baumgartner, W ^a   Mostl E ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0034700720     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.4.108     Document Type: Article

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