The effect of transport on cortisol, glucose, heart rate, leukocytes and body weight in captive-reared guanacos (Lama guanicoe)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-444

  Zapata, B ^b,c   Gimpel, J ^a,b   Bonacic, C ^a,b   Gonzalez B A ^a   Riveros, J L ^a   Ramirez A M ^c   Bas, F ^a   Macdonald, D W ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cortisol; Guanaco; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; JUMPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STOCKING DENSITY; STRESS; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; LAMA GUANICOE;

EID: 8544247200     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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