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Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Farm Animals to Stress: Implications to Animal Productivity
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Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Farm Animals to Stress: Implications to Animal Productivity
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The aim of this paper is to examine the physiological and behavioural responses of farm animals to stress and implications to animal productivity. In animal husbandry, stress has actually been conceived as a reflex reaction that occurs ineluctably when animals are exposed to adverse environmental conditions and which is the cause of many unfavourable consequences, ranging from discomfort to death. All animals will experience some level of stress during their lives. Stress reduces the fitness of an animal, which can be expressed through failure to achieve production performance standards, or through disease and death. Stress in farm animals may also have detrimental effects on quality of food products. Farm animals try to cope with stressors using behavioural and physiological stress responses aiming to restore homeostasis. When these responses are not successful or when they are thwarted, typical behavioural and physiological sy...
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Nseabasi Nsikakabasi Etim, Mary Emmanuel Williams, Emem Iboro Evans, ..
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IAA.ZONE/en8224en
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