Central nervous regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and its impact on fertility, immunity, metabolism and animal welfare- A review

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 575-595

  Manteuffel, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

animal welfare; brain; HPA axis; performance; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063827061     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-45-575-2002     Document Type: Article

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