Effect of journey time and environmental condition on bull behaviour and beef quality during road transport in Northern Italy

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Nanni Costa, L ^a   Lo Fiego, D P ^a   Cassanelli, M G ^a   Tassone, F ^a   Russo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bulls; CK; Cortisol; Meat quality; THI; Transport

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEEF CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD QUALITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMIDITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; CREATINE KINASE; HUMIDITY; HYDROCORTISONE; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0037968427     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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