Comparison of Stress Induced by Manual Restraint and Immobilisation in the Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-92

  Franklin, Craig E ^a   Davis, Bernie M ^b   Peucker, S K J ^b   Stephenson, H ^b   Mayer, R ^b   Whittier, J ^a   Lever, J ^c   Grigg, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Koorana Crocodile Farm   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS POROSUS;

CORTICOSTERONE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXERCISE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TIME;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROSHOCK; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMOBILIZATION; LACTIC ACID; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142119431     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10233     Document Type: Article

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