Physiological response of rabbits to heat, cold, noise and mixing in the context of transport

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  De la Fuente, Je ^a   Diaz M T ^a   Ibanez M ^a   Gonzalez de Chavarri E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cold stress; Heat stress; Mixing stress; Noise stress; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT STRESS; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; RABBIT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIAL STRESS; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33846993757     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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