Physiological responses of young cross-bred calves immediately after long-haul road transportation and after one week of habituation

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-708

  Uetake, Katsuji ^a   Ishiwata, Toshie ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^a   Sato, Shusuke ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Physiological parameters; Suckling calves; Transport stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; HABITUATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 71949116468     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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