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The involvement of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in stress physiology and its significance in the assessment of animal welfare in cattle

The intensification of cattle production has raised concern for animal welfare due to the stress that is associated with farming practices. The welfare of an animal is determined by the animal’s ability to cope with or adapt to its continuously changing environment and the biological cost that is as...

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Autores principales: Brown, Emma J., Vosloo, Andre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6238696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470085
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1398