Stress in broiler chickens due to acute noise exposure

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Chloupek, Petr ^a   Voslářová, Eva ^a   Chloupek, Jan ^a   Bedáňová, Iveta ^a   Pištěková, Vladimíra ^a   Večerek, Vladimír ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Poultry; Slaughter; Sound; Tonic immobility; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 65349102887     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200978010093     Document Type: Article

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