Parity and housing effects on the behavioural and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis responses of pregnant ewes

It is common in many countries for sheep to be housed during winter from mid-gestation until lambing to protect ewes and lambs from adverse conditions and improve late gestation nutritional management. Keeping ewes indoors, however, has its own challenges as the animals may be mixed with unfamiliar...

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Published in:Animal
Main Author: Yusof N.N.M.; Rutherford K.M.D.; Jarvis S.; Valente L.; Dwyer C.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85174846837&doi=10.1016%2fj.animal.2023.101006&partnerID=40&md5=ba684e44a9cc9bc3ea4cc7b4eeb7e9a9