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Evaluation of Hair Characteristics and Animal Age on the Impact of Hair Cortisol Concentration in Feedlot Steers

Hair cortisol is a novel biomarker of chronic stress. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of hair color and length, as well as, animal age on hair cortisol concentration in beef feedlot steers. Nineteen beef crossbred steers used for nutrition research and housed in a small feedl...

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Autores principales: Baier, Faith, Grandin, Temple, Engle, Terry, Edwards-Callaway, Lily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6768966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616679
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00323