Vitamin C supplementation and fear-reduction in Japanese quail: Short-term cumulative effects

British Poultry Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-42

  Jones, R B ^a   Satterlee, D G ^b   Moreau, J ^b   Waddington, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COTURNIX; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; COTURNIX; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030090920     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669608417834     Document Type: Article

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