Excretion of catecholamines (adrenaline and noradrenaline) in domestic livestock

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 207-213

  El Bahr, S M ^a,b   Kahlbacher, H ^a,b   Rausch, W D ^a,b   Palme, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Epinephrine; Faeces; Pigs; Ruminants; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 27344433505     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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