Effect of road transport for up to 24 hours followed by twenty-four hour recovery on live weight and physiological responses of bulls

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Earley, Bernadette ^a   Murray, Margaret ^a   Prendiville, Daniel J ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; FATTY ACID; GLOBULIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DRINKING; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CREATINE KINASE; DRINKING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLOBULINS; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSPORTATION; UREA;

EID: 79551559860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-38     Document Type: Article

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