The physiological impact of wool-harvesting procedures in vicunas (Vicugna Vicugna)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-402

  Bonacic, C ^a,b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Capture effects; Ecophysiology; Shearing effects; Stress response; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HARVESTING; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILDLIFE; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 0043205017     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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