Effects of embryonic corticosterone exposure and post-hatch handling on tonic immobility and willingness to compete in chicks

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 275-286

  Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Heikkilä, Matti ^b   Valros, Anna ^b   Torjesen, Peter ^c   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chicken; Competition; Corticosterone; Fear; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; MATERNAL EFFECT; POULTRY; PROTEIN;

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EID: 34948823943     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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