Cloacal gland growth differences in high and low plasma corticosterone stress response line male quail reared under short daylengths

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1213-1217

  Satterlee, D G ^a   Tong, M ^a   Castille, S A ^a   Marin, R H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloacal gland; Corticosterone; Japanese quail; Light; Short day

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOACA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; QUAIL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CLOACA; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; QUAIL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 34547689826     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.6.1213     Document Type: Article

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