Prenatal stress, immunity and neonatal health in farm animal species*
The high pre-weaning mortality in farm animal species and poor welfare conditions of reproductive females question modern industrial farming acceptability. A growing body of literature has been produced recently, investigating the impact of maternal stress during gestation on maternal and offspring...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111300147X |