Isolation stress in desert sheep and goats and the influence of pretreatment with xylazine or sodium betaine

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Ali, Badreldin H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucose; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; Isolation; Lymphocytes; Sheep; Sodium betaine; Stress; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

BETAINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; THIOCYANATE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOAT; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HERD; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETAINE; DESERT CLIMATE; GOATS; MALE; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; XYLAZINE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 8144220227     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000046741.97331.29     Document Type: Article

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