Physiological responses of farmed red deer to management practices and their modulation by long-acting neuroleptics
| Autor: | Iain J. Gordon, Pete Goddard, S. Diverio |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Perphenazine Triiodothyronine biology business.industry Zuclopenthixol chemistry.chemical_compound Animal science Endocrinology chemistry Internal medicine Heart rate Genetics biology.protein medicine Animal Science and Zoology Creatine kinase Habituation business Agronomy and Crop Science Testosterone Blood sampling medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Agricultural Science. 126:211-220 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5146 0021-8596 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYTwelve red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds from a research facility in Eastern Scotland were randomly divided into two groups between June and September to study the physiological response to three management practices, given sequentially, which were expected to cause increasing levels of stress (herding; herding and handling; and herding, handling and a veterinary procedure). One group of animals received a long-acting neuroleptic (LAN; perphenazine enanthate and zuclopenthixol acetate) on three occasions at 4-week intervals. Automatic blood sampling equipment (ABSE) was used to obtain blood samples remotely before, during and after the application of each of the stressors. The plasma concentrations of cortisol, creatine phosphokinase (CPK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total protein (TP), 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and testosterone (T) were measured and heart rates recorded. The ABSE provided a useful means of collecting blood samples without the superimposition of stress factors associated with conventional sampling. Increases in plasma concentrations of cortisol (PPPPP |
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