Hatchery stress effects on young chicken
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ABSTRACT: The first period post-hatch with all its stimuli could potentially be stressful for the chicks, and by that affect the welfare of the chicken as they mature. By measuring changes in the transcriptome, along with behavioural phenotypes and hormonal levels, the aim is to investigate short and long term effects on the chicken. One batch of chicken were hatched in a production environment, and underwent the same treatment all newly hatched production animals do (sorting, sexing and transportation). Eggs of the same age were simultaneously incubated and hatched in a control environment in a lab. From the end of day one after hatch, both groups were reared under the same conditions in the lab.
ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus
SUBMITTER: Johan Bélteky
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4735 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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