Non-ventilation during early incubation in combination with dexamethasone administration during late incubation: 1. Effects on physiological hormone levels, incubation duration and hatching events

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-46

  Tona, K ^a,b   Onagbesan, O ^b   Bruggeman, V ^b   De Smit, L ^b   Figueiredo, D ^c   Decuypere, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Dexamethasone; Hormone levels; Incubation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICK EMBRYO; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCUBATOR; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INCUBATORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VENTILATION;

EID: 34249705871     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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