Transportation stress and the incidence of exertional rhabdomyolysis in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Agriculture & Biology

• rhabdomyolysis 100%
• Dromaius novaehollandiae 94%
• emus 83%
• lairage 42%
• incidence 41%
• slaughterhouses 29%
• body temperature 27%
• animal transport 19%
• trailers 19%
• birds 17%
• hematology 17%
• blood chemistry 16%
• creatine kinase 16%
• alanine transaminase 15%
• oral administration 15%
• aspartate transaminase 14%
• physiological response 14%
• myocytes 14%
• weight loss 12%
• homeostasis 12%
• horses 12%
• cell walls 10%
• farms 9%
• enzyme activity 9%
• muscles 9%
• body weight 9%
• enzymes 6%