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

• Else Verbeek ,

  * E-mail: else.verbeek@csiro.au

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, AgResearch Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand

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• Mark Hope Oliver,

  Affiliation The Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Joseph Rupert Waas,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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• Lance Maxwell McLeay,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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• Dominique Blache,

  Affiliation School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

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• Lindsay Ross Matthews

  Affiliation Animal Behaviour and Welfare, AgResearch Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand

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