Taming and training of pregnant sheep and goats and of newborn lambs, kids and calves before experimentation

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1A, 2004, Pages 143-146

  Mellor, David J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adults; Newborns; Recovery from surgery; Sex steroid effects; Stress reduction; Taming; Training

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTATION; GOAT; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3042517757     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403201s22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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