Effects of multiple concurrent stressors on rectal temperature, blood acid-base status, and longissimus muscle glycolytic potential in market-weight pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 351-362

  Ritter, M J ^a,c   Ellis, M ^a   Anderson, D B ^b   Curtis, S E ^a   Keffaber, K K ^c   Killefer, J ^a   McKeith, F K ^a   Murphy, C M ^a   Peterson, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Handling; Pig; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

BICARBONATE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUILDING; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFINED SPACES; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOLYSIS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 60549089088     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0874     Document Type: Article

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