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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

The Effects of Stocking Density and Distances on Electroencephalographic Changes and Cortisol as Welfare Indicators in Brahman Crossbred Cattle.

Ahmed A Abubakar, Idrus Zulkifli, Yong M Goh, Ubedullah Kaka, Azad B Sabow, Elmutaz A Awad, Jurhamid C Imlan, Azalea H Othman, Razlina Raghazli, Helen Mitin and 1 more

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ahmed A AbubakarInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6015-1236
Idrus ZulkifliInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Yong M GohInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1237-2170
Ubedullah KakaDepartment of Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-6469-3542
Azad B SabowDepartment of Animal Resource, College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil 44002, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Elmutaz A AwadInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-4312-501X
Jurhamid C ImlanInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Azalea H OthmanDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Razlina RaghazliDepartment of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7869-539X
Helen MitinInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Awis Q SaziliInstitute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7362-0855
Universiti Putra Malaysia · MYSalahaddin University-Erbil · IQ

Funding

The Malaysian Department of Veterinary Services 6370017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of stocking density and distances on electroencephalographic changes and cortisol as welfare indicators in Brahman crossbred cattle. Sixty Brahman crossbred heifers were subjected to road transport from a cattle feedlot farm located in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang to a commercial ruminant abattoir in Shah Alam, Selangor. Animals were assigned to long (850 km) and short (450 km) distances and high (600 sqm), medium (400 sqm), and low (200 sqm) stocking densities. Results revealed that the intensity of cortisol responses and EEG parameters (such as alpha <0.001, beta < 0.001, delta < 0.001, theta < 0.001, MF < 0.001 and Ptot < 0.001) increased significantly. Long-distance transport also resulted in significantly more intense (<0.001) responses to nociception during slaughter than animals that had been transported over a shorter distance, as indicated by EEG and cortisol.

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Brahman crossbred cattlecortisolelectroencephalographichot humidMalaysiaroad transport

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PMID34679916
PMCPMC8532656
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