Changes in ear-pinna temperature as a useful measure of stress in sheep (Ovis aries)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Lowe, T E ^a   Cook, C J ^a   Ingram, J R ^a,b   Harris, P J ^a,c  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Defence reaction; Ear pinna; Sheep; Stress; Temperature logger

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EAR LOBE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LAMB; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAGINA; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PINNA;

EID: 13644268919     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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