Can emotional reactivity predict stress responses at slaughter in sheep?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Deiss, Véronique ^a   Temple, Deborah ^a   Ligout, Séverine ^a   Racine, Claude ^b   Bouix, Jacques ^c   Terlouw, Claudia ^a   Boissy, Alain ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b INRA UE LaFage   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Emotional reactivity; Sheep; Slaughter stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; HANDLING STRESS; HORMONE; METABOLISM; PLASMA; PREDICTION; REARING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; VIGILANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349254097     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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