Evaluation of serum cortisol, metabolic parameters, acute phase proteins and faecal corticosterone as indicators of stress in cows

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-441

  Saco, Yolanda ^a   Fina, Marta ^a   Giménez, Mercè ^a   Pato, Raquel ^a   Piedrafita, Jesús ^a   Bassols, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Bovine; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE FARMING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FECES LEVEL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDITY;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FECES; FEMALE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 45949096103     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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