Adrenal reactivity in lines of domestic fowl selected on feather pecking behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-373

  Kjaer, Joergen B ^a   Guémené, Daniel ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Animal welfare; Corticosterone; Feather pecking; Genetic selection; Manual restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC FOWL; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FEATHER PECKING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; POULTRY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149484948     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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