Reduced cortisol and metabolic responses of thin ewes to an acute cold challenge in mid-pregnancy: Implications for animal physiology and welfare

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Verbeek, Else ^a,b   Oliver, Mark Hope ^c   Waas, Joseph Rupert ^a   McLeay, Lance Maxwell ^a   Blache, Dominique ^d   Matthews, Lindsay Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONDITION SCORE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; EWE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84861467747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037315     Document Type: Article

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