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Effects of commercial hatchery processing on short- and long-term stress responses in laying hens

In commercial egg production, chicks are exposed to a potentially stressful procedure during their first day of life. Here, we investigated how this procedure affects the chickens in a short- as well as long-term perspective by conducting two behaviour tests and measuring corticosterone (CORT) and s...

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Autores principales: Hedlund, Louise, Whittle, Rosemary, Jensen, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30787406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38817-y