An evaluation of methods for measuring stress in broiler chickens

Abstract There are potential advantages for using noninvasive methods instead of conventional approaches for measuring corticosterone (CORT) as a metric of stress. Two studies compared blood heterophil: lymphocyte (H:L) ratios, serum CORT, cecal content CORT (Study 1), colon content CORT (Study 2),...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Poultry science 2018-10, Vol.97 (10), p.3381-3389
Hauptverfasser:	Weimer, Shawna L, Wideman, Robert F, Scanes, Colin G, Mauromoustakos, Andy, Christensen, Karen D, Vizzier-Thaxton, Yvonne
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Husbandry - methods Animals Cecum - chemistry Chickens - physiology Colon - chemistry Corticosterone - blood Corticosterone - metabolism Feathers - chemistry Gastrointestinal Contents - chemistry Lymphocytes - metabolism Male Stress, Physiological
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