Unpredictable mild stressors on laying females influence the composition of Japanese quail eggs and offspring's phenotype

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Guibert, Floriane ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a   Lumineau, Sophie ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^b   Bertin, Aline ^c   Petton, Christophe ^a   Möstl, Erich ^d   Houdelier, Cécilia ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioural development; Coturnix c. japonica; Maternal effects; Prenatal stress; Yolk steroids

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BREEDING POPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAMEBIRD; HATCHING; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955096038     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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