The Effect of Low Protein Energy-Rich Diets on Plasma Hepatic Markers, Hepatic Damage, and Discrimination Reversal Learning in Young Female Chicks
Consumption of low protein energy-rich (LPER) diets increases susceptibility to metabolic disease in mammals, such as hepatic damage, and can have an adverse effect on cognition. However, the effects of these diets on both physical and mental welfare have not been investigated in domestic meat chick...
Main Authors: | Laura Bona, Nienke van Staaveren, Bishwo Bandhu Pokharel, Marinus van Krimpen, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-05-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00107/full |
Similar Items
-
Broiler Chicks’ Motivation for Different Wood Beddings and Amounts of Soiling
by: Valerie Monckton, et al.
Published: (2020-06-01) -
Effects of hatching system on chick quality, welfare and health of young breeder flock offspring
by: Roos Molenaar, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01) -
Are Turkeys (<i>Meleagris gallopavo</i>) Motivated to Avoid Excreta-Soiled Substrate?
by: Valerie Monckton, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01) -
Animal welfare of embryos and newly hatched chicks: A review
by: Itallo C. S. ARAUJO, et al.
Published: (2023-05-01) -
Factors Associated with Cumulative First-Week Mortality in Broiler Chicks
by: Marta Yerpes, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01)