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Oviposition delays induced by social stress are reversed by treatment with the beta-adrenergic blocking agent
1Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Poultry Science
|September 1, 1997
Abstract:
Contact with unfamiliar conspecifics (social stress) caused hens to delay oviposition. These delays were prevented by propranolol (10 mg/kg), suggesting that beta-adrenergic receptors are involved in their physiological causation.