Environmental enrichment reduces behavioural alterations induced by chronic stress in Japanese quail

Environmental enrichment reduces behavioural alterations induced by chronic stress in Japanese quail

Animals perceiving repeated aversive events can become chronically stressed. Chronic activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis can have deleterious consequences on physiological parameters (e.g. BW, blood chemistry) and behaviour (e.g. emotional reactivity, stereotypies, cognition)...

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Main Authors: A. Laurence, C. Houdelier, L. Calandreau, C. Arnould, A. Favreau-Peigné, C. Leterrier, A. Boissy, S. Lumineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
environmental enrichment
behaviour
development
quail
welfare
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002523

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