Genetic selection for temperament affects behaviour and the secretion of adrenal and reproductive hormones in sheep subjected to stress

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-142

  Hawken, P A R ^a   Luckins, N ^a   Tilbrook, A ^b   Fiol, C ^c   Martin, G B ^a   Blache, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Isolation; Luteinising hormone; Novelty; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AGITATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MANIKINS; ORCHIECTOMY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84870817604     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2012.690114     Document Type: Article

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