Hair cortisol levels in dairy cows from winter housing to summer highland grazing

Livestock Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Comin, A ^a   Prandi, A ^a   Peric, T ^a   Corazzin, M ^a   Dovier, S ^a   Bovolenta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortisol level; Dairy cow; Hair; Mountain pasture

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79955468135     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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