Involvement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and its interaction with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the ontogeny of avian thermoregulation: A review

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-321

  Debonne, M ^a   Baarendse, P J J ^b   Van Den Brand, H ^b   Kemp, B ^b   Bruggeman, V ^a   Decuypere, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; HPA axis; HPT axis; Ontogeny; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 51349106599     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933908000056     Document Type: Review

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