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Cortisol levels in skimmed milk during the first 22 weeks of lactation and response to short-term metabolic stress and lameness in dairy cows

BACKGROUND: Cortisol is secreted into blood in reaction to acute stress, but also in phases of diminished feed intake and changed animal behavior. As cows do not always show clear signs of discomfort, reliable diagnostic markers could be used to provide information regarding individual cows’ distres...

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Autores principales: Gellrich, Katharina, Sigl, Tanja, Meyer, Heinrich H. D., Wiedemann, Steffi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26244091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-015-0035-y