Cloacal gland and testes development in male Japanese quail selected for divergent adrenocortical responsiveness

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1028-1034

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloacal gland; Corticosterone; Japanese quail; Puberty; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; ENTEROBACTER; PHASIANIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLOACA; COTURNIX; EXERCISE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS; TESTIS;

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

EID: 3242725069     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.6.1028     Document Type: Article

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