Effect of transport stress on serum haptoglobin and pig-map in pigs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-409

  Saco, Y ^a   Docampo, M J ^a   Fabrega E ^a   Manteca, X ^a   Diestre, A ^b   Lampreave, F ^c   Bassols, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centre de Tecnologia de la Carn   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Animal welfare; Haptoglobin; Pig MAP; Pigs; Transport stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; HALOTHANE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRESS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042813451     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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