Prenatal and postnatal exposure to environmental pollutants in sewage sludge alters emotional reactivity and exploratory behaviour in sheep

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 332, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Erhard, Hans W ^a   Rhind, Stewart M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demasculinisation; Emotional reactivity; Environmental pollutants; Ethotoxicology; Exploration; Pasture; Sewage sludge; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS (EP);

BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

FERTILIZER;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMB; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLUDGE; SPECIES COMPARISON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND; SEWAGE; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4444357439     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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