Cloacal gland and gonadal photoresponsiveness in male Japanese quail selected for divergent plasma corticosterone response to brief restraint

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1072-1080

  Satterlee, D G ^a   Cole, C A ^a   Castille, S A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloacal gland; Corticosterone; Japanese quail; Light; Testes

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CLOACA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; EXERCISE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STRESS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLOACA; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; GONADS; LIGHT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRESS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33745575365     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.6.1072     Document Type: Article

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