Studies of stress in farm animals

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-101

  Blokhuis, H J ^a   Hopster, H ^a   Geverink, N A ^a   Korte, S M ^a   Van Reenen, C G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farm animals; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749119302     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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