Plasma cortisol and noradrenalin concentrations in pigs: automated sampling of freely moving pigs housed in the PigTurn versus manually sampled and restrained pigs

Authors: J. N. Marchant-Forde, D. L. Matthews, R. Poletto, R. R. McCain, D. D. Mann, R. T. Degraw, J. M. Hampsch, S. Peters, G. T. Knipp, C. B. Kissinger

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood sampling, cortisol, noradrenalin, pigs, restraint