The physiological and metabolic impacts on sheep and cattle of feed and water deprivation before and during transport

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-28

  Hogan, James P ^a   Petherick, J Carol ^b   Phillips, Clive J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digesta; Food deprivation; Ruminants; Transport; Water deprivation

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; GLYCOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN; SODIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DEHYDRATION; ENTEROPATHY; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RUMINATION; SHEEP; SODIUM EXCRETION; THIRST; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34250888089     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422407745006     Document Type: Article

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