Plasma levels of β-endorphin and in vitro lymphocyte proliferation as indicators of welfare in horses in normal or restrained conditions

Pferdeheilkunde

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-418

  Canali, Elisabetta ^a   Ferrante, V ^a   Mattiello, S ^a   Sacerdote, P ^a   Panerai, A E ^a   Lebelt, D ^b   Zanella, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horses; Immune response; Stress; Welfare; endorphin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0040408639     PISSN: 01777726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21836/pem19960408     Document Type: Article

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