Photoperiod-induced changes in cloacal gland physiology and testes weight in male Japanese quail selected for divergent adrenocortical responsiveness

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1003-1010

  Satterlee, D G ^a   Marin, R H ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloacal gland; Japanese quail; Light; Stress; Testes

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; ENTEROBACTER; PHASIANIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLOACA; COTURNIX; EXERCISE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TESTIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; CLOACA; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRESS; TESTIS;

EID: 3242701434     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.6.1003     Document Type: Article

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