Monitoring the adrenocortical response to disturbances in sheep by measuring glucocorticoid metabolites in the faeces

Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Lexen, Evelyn ^a,b   El Bahr, Sabry M ^a,c   Sommerfeld Stur, Irene ^a,b   Palme, Rupert ^a,b   Möstl, Erich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Alexandria University ^*  (Austria)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Faeces; Radiometabolism; Shearing; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 45749154907     PISSN: 0043535X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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