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Markers of acute stress in pigs.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2007
Breineková K, Svoboda M, Smutná M, Vorlová L
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This study explores the biological validation of markers of acute stress in pigs subjected to transportation for slaughter. The stress markers selected for monitoring were neopterin and cortisol. Their levels in pig serum were measured for two porcine stress syndrome genotypes, NN and Nn, after a 30-min transport to a slaughterhouse. Blood samples were withdrawn before transport (control group) and immediately...
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