The effects of road transportation on physiological responses and meat quality in sheep differing in age

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3742-3751

  Zhong, R Z ^a   Liu, H W ^a   Zhou, D W ^a   Sun, H X ^a   Zhao, C S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Physiological response; Road transportation; Sheep; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLOBULIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLOBULINS; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRANSPORTATION; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80054723813     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3693     Document Type: Article

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