Biological validation of a non-invasive method for stress assessment in chickens

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Rettenbacher, Sophie ^a   Palme, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chicken; Corticosterone metabolites; Glucocorticoids; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXERCISE; FECES; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPORTATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 58449133629     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-122-8     Document Type: Article

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