The effect of transport stress on neutrophil activation in wild badgers (Meles meles)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Montes, Inigo ^a,b   McLaren, G W ^b   Mcdonald, D W ^b   Mian, R ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Badgers; Measuring stress; Meles meles; Neutrophil activation; Transport

Indexed keywords

NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ASSAY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; MELES; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; STRESS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 4043128783     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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