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Individual and Temporal Differences in the Cortisol Response of Sheep to Repeated Transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

R F Smith  and
H Dobson
R F Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, UK
H Dobson
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, UK
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Changes in plasma Cortisol concentrations in response to a stimulus have been used to indicate aversiveness. Hormone concentrations at any time point depend on the interaction between an animal's previous experience and its present physiological state. In order to assess how an animal's perception of, and thus its response to, a stimulus change as it gains experience of the stimulus, eight Welsh Mountain ewes were subject to 2h road transport daily on three occasions and then once again 4 days later. Differences in Cortisol concentrations in plasma samples taken every 15min were assessed using a general linear model and Tukey's test.

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Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 10 , Issue S1: Consciousness, Cognition and Animal Welfare: Proceedings of the UFAW Symposium, Zoological Society of London, 11-12 May 2000 , February 2001 , pp. S245
Copyright
© 2001 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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