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Relations between adrenocortical and nociceptive responses toward acute stress in individual dairy cows
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Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
 
 
Publication date: 2004-08-30
 
 
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M. S. Herskin   

Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
 
 
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2004;13(Suppl. 1):635-638
 
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Effects of acute stressors on adrenocortical and nociceptive responses were examined in 24 dairy cows kept in tie-stalls, using 15-min of isolation in novel surroundings (ISOL), fixation by head in home stall (FIX), and provision of novel neighbours/stall (NEIGH) as acute stressors as well as a control treatment (CON). Each cow was exposed to one treatment daily. Within treatments capable of inducing significant adrenocortical responses, no relations between the adrenocortical reactivity and the nociceptive changes were found. The results suggest that adrenocortical and nociceptive responses of individual dairy cows toward acute stress are independent components of the responses toward challenging events.
 
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Effects of social isolation and restraint on adrenocortical responses and hypoalgesia in loose-housed dairy cows1
M. S. Herskin, L. Munksgaard, J. B. Andersen
Journal of Animal Science
 
ISSN:1230-1388
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