Transport stress in cattle and sheep with details of physiological, ethological and other indicators

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Broom, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal protection; Cattle; Sheep; Stress; Transport; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL WELFARE; CARCASS; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SHEEP; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ETHICS; MEAT; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MEAT; SHEEP; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038305721     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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