Effects of repeated stress during pregnancy in ewes on the behavioural and physiological responses to stressful events and birth weight of their offspring

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-276

  Roussel, S ^a,b   Hemsworth, P H ^a   Boissy, A ^c   Duvaux Ponter, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Isolation; Novelty; Prenatal stress; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1242277703     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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