Hormonal and metabolic relation to restraint and human handling in growing-fattening steer

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Uetake, Katsuji ^a   Ishiwata, Toshie ^a   Abe, Naoshige ^b   Eguchi, Yusuke ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Endocrine pathway; Human handling; Metabolite; Restraint

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 33744481282     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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