Cumulative stress in research animals: Telomere attrition as a biomarker in a welfare context?

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-212

  Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Biological age; Biomarker; Cumulative experience; Cumulative severity; Stress; Telomere dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TELOMERE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 84956649908     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500127     Document Type: Article

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