Reduced Cortisol and Metabolic Responses of Thin Ewes to an Acute Cold Challenge in Mid-Pregnancy: Implications for Animal Physiology and Welfare

BACKGROUND: Low food availability leading to reductions in Body Condition Score (BCS; 0 indicates emaciation and 5 obesity) in sheep often coincides with low temperatures associated with the onset of winter in New Zealand. The ability to adapt to reductions in environmental temperature may be impair...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Verbeek, Else, Oliver, Mark Hope, Waas, Joseph Rupert, McLeay, Lance Maxwell, Blache, Dominique, Matthews, Lindsay Ross
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22662144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037315

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22662144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037315

Ejemplares similares