An examination of some physiological variables for assessing the welfare of beef cattle in feedlots

Animal Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-316

  Wilson, S C ^a,b   Fell, L R ^a,b   Colditz, I G ^a,b   Collins, D P ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Feedlot; Physiological indices

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036325256     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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