Reduced Cortisol and Metabolic Responses of Thin Ewes to an Acute Cold Challenge in Mid-Pregnancy: Implications for Animal Physiology and Welfare

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Reduced Cortisol and Metabolic Responses of Thin Ewes to an Acute Cold Challenge in Mid-Pregnancy: Implications for Animal Physiology and Welfare

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BackgroundLow food availability leading to reductions in Body Condition Score (BCS; 0 indicates emaciation and 5 obesity) in sheep often coincides with low temperatures associated with the onset of winter in New Zealand. The ability to adapt to reductions in environmental temperature may be impaired in animals with low BCS, in particular during pregnancy when metabolic demand is higher. Here we assess whether BCS affects a pregnant animal's ability to cope with cold challenges. MethodsEightee...

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25 May, 2012

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Else Verbeek / Mark Hope Oliver / Joseph Rupert Waas / Lance Maxwell McLeay / Dominique Blache / Lindsay Ross Matthews

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reduced / cortisol / metabolic / responses / ewes / acute / implications / physiology / Genetics / Medicine / Physiology

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