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Behavioral and hormonal assessment of stress in foals (Equus caballus) throughout the weaning process

This study had the aim to demonstrate the midterm effects (three weeks) of weaning on foals’ welfare. For this purpose, foals’ behavioral changes and fecal levels metabolites of cortisol were evaluated. The observations took place at the state stud farm of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany. Ten foals (s...

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Autores principales: Delank, Kristin, Reese, Sven, Erhard, Michael, Wöhr, Anna-Caroline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9821722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36607910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280078

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