Methods for identifying stress caused by fasting in commercial laying hens
Paula Horácio Cesar,
Aline Félix Schneider Bedin,
Jaqueline KunhenMayer
et al.
Abstract:Plasma corticosterone concentration (CORT), heterophil:lymphocyte ratio (H:L), catalase activity (CAT), total glutathione concentration (GSH), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance levels (TBARS) were evaluated in 48 Hy-Line Brown laying hens, at 79 weeks of age, after being fasted for 10 consecutive days. Blood was collected on days zero, two, four, six, eight, and 10 of fasting, and a completely randomized design was adopted, with eight replicates on each day of collection, with each bird being an exper… Show more
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