Stress and immunological response of heifers divergently ranked for residual feed intake following an adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge

Stress and immunological response of heifers divergently ranked for residual feed intake following an adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge

Abstract Background When an animal is exposed to a stressor, metabolic rate, energy consumption and utilisation increase primarily through activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Changes to partitioning of energy by an animal are likely to influence the efficiency with which it...

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Main Authors: A. K. Kelly, P. Lawrence, B. Earley, D. A. Kenny, M. McGee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Subjects:
Beef cattle
Cortisol
Feed efficiency
Residual feed intake
Stress response
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-017-0197-x

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