Pre-weaning diet and stall weaning method influences on stress response in foals
<p>The response of foals to the stress of weaning was examined in terms of a behavioral protocol and the responses of plasma ascorbate, serun1 cortisol, and the serum cortisol response to an ACTH challenge. Behavior scores (1 to 10) as an index of stress were assigned to each foal daily, wi...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40651 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01172009-063407/ |