Behavioural and physiological responses of three chicken breeds to pre-slaughter shackling and acute heat stress

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 527-535

  Debut, M ^a   Berri, C ^a   Arnould, C ^a   Guemene D ^a   Sante Lhoutellier V ^b   Sellier, N ^a   Baeza E ^a   Jehl, N ^c   Jego Y ^d   Beaumont, C ^a   Le Bihan Duval, E ^a,d  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^b Station de Recherche sur la Viande   (France)

^c Institut Technique Avicole   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STRESS;

ABATTOIRS; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; LACTIC ACID; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

AVES;

EID: 28444496351     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500303032     Document Type: Article

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