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Corticosterone in feathers: Inter- and intraindividual variation in pullets and the importance of the feather type

Measuring corticosterone concentrations in feathers of poultry may be suitable to determine birds' exposure to stress. It is thinkable, that in laying hens such information could be helpful as an animal welfare indicator to evaluate adverse husbandry conditions and to predict the risk of develo...

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Autores principales: Häffelin, Katharina Elisabeth, Kaufmann, Falko, Lindenwald, Rebecca, Döhring, Stefanie, Spindler, Birgit, Preisinger, Rudolf, Rautenschlein, Silke, Kemper, Nicole, Andersson, Robby
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7943748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33732944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2020.100155