Prenatal stress effects on pig development and response to weaning

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1316-1324

  Lay Jr , D C ^a   Kattesh, H G ^b   Cunnick, J E ^c   Daniels, M J ^d   McMunn, K A ^a   Toscano, M J ^a,e   Roberts, M P ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid binding globulin; Cortisol; Immune; Prenatal; Stress; Swine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; WEANING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDROCORTISONE; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE; WEANING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 45549091781     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0812     Document Type: Article

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