Endocrine response of gilts to various common stressors: A comparison of indicators and methods of analysis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Merlot, E ^a   Mounier, A M ^a   Prunier, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

ACTH; Acute stress; Lactate; Pig; Plasma cortisol; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDICATOR; LACTIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAVA VEIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEEDING; FEMALE; GILT (SWINE); GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; TATTOOING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTIC ACID; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 78650602295     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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