Intermittent stress in pigs: Effects on behavior, pituitary-adrenocortical axis, growth, and gastric ulceration

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 741-748

  Jensen, Karin Hjelholt ^a   Pedersen, Lene Juul ^a   Nielsen, Eskild Keller ^a   Heller, Knud Erik ^b   Ladewig, Jan ^b   Jørgensen, Erik ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ACTH; Behavior; Cortisol; Diurnal variation; Feed conversion; Gastric ulceration; Growth; Intermittent stress; Pigs

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS; SWINE;

EID: 0342833008     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02159-0     Document Type: Article

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