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T1  - The effects of ovarian biopsy and blood sampling methods on salivary cortisol and behaviour in sows 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/307914 
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A1  - Yun, Jinhyeon; Björkman, Stefan; Pöytäkangas, Merja; Peltoniemi, Olli 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - In reproductive physiology research, experimental animals are often subjected to stressful procedures, including blood sampling and biopsy. In this present study, presence of pain or distress induced by four different procedures was examined using a measurement of salivary cortisol levels and activity observations in sows. The treatments were: 1) PAL: The ovary was palpated through the rectum without snaring, 2) TUB: transvaginal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the ovary was conducted without snarin... 
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KW  - 413 Veterinary science; Pain behaviour; Stress response; Glucocorticoid; Luteal tissue; Catheterization; CIRCADIAN-RHYTHM; EARLY-PREGNANCY; GROWING PIGS; STRESS; GILTS; PAIN; CATHETERIZATION; RESPONSES; ANIMALS; PIGLETS 
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