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Blood constituent responses of cattle to herding
1Department of General Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Blood was obtained over a period of 20 minutes by remote controlled procedures from cattle while they were herded. Samples were analysed for catecholamines, cortisol, haematocrit, total lipid, glucose and lactate. The results show that the response to a given stressor is specific and suggest that multiple stressors may not necessarily result in additive effects.