Maternal care and selection for low mortality affect post-stress corticosterone and peripheral serotonin in laying hens

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 519-523

  Rodenburg, T Bas ^a   Bolhuis, J Elizabeth ^a   Koopmanschap, Rudie E ^a   Ellen, Esther D ^a   Decuypere, Eddy ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Corticosterone; Feather pecking; Group selection; Manual restraint; Maternal care; Serotonergic system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENETIC SELECTION; HEN; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71549145270     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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