Stress responses in lambs castrated with three different methods

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Bonelli, Piero ^a   Dimauro, Corrado ^b   Pau, Salvatore ^b   Dattena, Maria ^c   Mollica, Alessandra ^a   Nicolussi, Paola Sandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Ricerca nelle Produzioni Animali   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Castration; Cortisol; Lambs; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 45349086663     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2008.207     Document Type: Article

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