Endocrine, blood metabolite, and meat quality changes in goats as influenced by short-term, preslaughter stress

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1499-1507

  Kannan, G ^a,b   Kouakou, B ^a   Terrill, T H ^a   Gelaye, S ^a  

^a FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Goats; Meat quality; Slaughter; Stress

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLYCOGEN; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0642307142     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8161499x     Document Type: Article

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