Differences in intestinal microbial metabolites in laying hens with high and low levels of repetitive feather-pecking behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-101

  Meyer, Beatrice ^a   Zentek, Jürgen ^a   Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Feather pecking behavior; Laying hen; Microbiota; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGENIC AMINE; CADAVERINE; HISTAMINE; LACTIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PUTRESCINE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; TYRAMINE;

ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BEHAVIOR; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEN; ILEUM; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPETITIVE FEATHER PECKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872873820     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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