Physiological indicators of stress and meat and carcass characteristics in tail bitten slaughter pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Valros, Anna ^a   Munsterhjelm, Camilla ^a   Puolanne, Eero ^a   Ruusunen, Marita ^a   Heinonen, Mari ^a   Peltoniemi, Olli A T ^a   Pösö, A Reeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Cortisol; HSP70; Meat quality; Pig; Tail biting

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BITES AND STINGS; BODY COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INJURIES; MEAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BODY COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MEAT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84886539813     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-55-75     Document Type: Article

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