Altered circulating levels of serotonin and immunological changes in laying hens divergently selected for feather pecking behavior

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1722-1728

  Buitenhuis, A J ^a   Kjaer, J B ^a,b   Labouriau, R ^a   Juul Madsen, Helle R ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feather pecking; Genetic selection; Immune system; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AVES; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 33749489082     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.10.1722     Document Type: Article

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