Tyrosine ameliorates some of the clinical, biochemical and haematological effects of acute stress associated with transportation of Desert sheep

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Ali, B H ^a   Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Mousa, H M ^a   Mohammed, S M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucose; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin concentration; Lymphocytes; Road transport; Sheep; Stress; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNESIUM; THIOCYANATE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; SHEEP; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAGNESIUM; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; STRESS; THIOCYANATES; TRANSPORTATION; TYROSINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034881919     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010616504811     Document Type: Article

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