Age at weaning and the endocrine response to stress

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Bueno, A R ^a   Rasby, R ^b   Clemens, E T ^b  

^a Universidade do Grande ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood constituents; Cattle; Stress; Weaning

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD COMPONENT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4344624870     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352003000100001     Document Type: Article

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