Determination of the circadian rhythm in plasma corticosterone and catecholamine concentrations in growing broiler breeders using intravenous cannulation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-304

  De Jong, Ingrid C ^a   Van Voorst, A Sander ^a   Erkens, Jo H F ^a   Ehlhardt, Douwe A ^a   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Broiler breeder; Cannulation; Circadian rhythm; Corticosterone; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEN; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0035180211     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00562-5     Document Type: Article

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