A new animal welfare concept based on allostasis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-428

  Korte, S Mechiel ^a,b,c   Olivier, Berend ^a,b   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load; Allostatic state; Animal welfare; Disease; Homeostasis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 35248835543     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.018     Document Type: Review

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