Context specificity of the ANS stress response during two regrouping experiments in goats

The aim of the present study was to analyze whether the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) differs between two regrouping procedures in goats, which would indicate stimulus specificity of these stressors. Applying two regrouping procedures, we evaluated heart rate and heart rate variabil...

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Main Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Jan Langbein, Nina Maria Keil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fvets.2016.00058/full