Sex differences in stress responses to transportation in goats: Effects of gonadal hormones

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 511-519

  Aoyama, Masato ^a   Negishi, Akihito ^a   Abe, Akiko ^a   Maejima, Yuko ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goats; Gonadal hormone; Sex difference; Stress; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0347662605     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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