Effect of repeated blood sampling on plasma concentrations of cortisol and testosterone and on leucocyte number in silver fox vixens (vulpes vulpes)

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Moe, Randi Oppermann ^a   Bakken, Morten ^b  

^a Dal Research Farm   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eosinophil leucocytes; Lymphocytes; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040653775     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709609415859     Document Type: Article

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