It is still unclear which commercial housing system provides the best quality of life for laying hens. In addition, there are large individual differences in stress levels within a system. Hippocampal neurogenesis or plasticity may provide an integrated biomarker of the stressors experienced by an individual. We selected 12 adult hens each with good and poor body condition (based on body size, degree of feather cover and redness of the comb) from a multi-tier free range system containing H&N strain hens, and from an enriched cage system containing Hy-Line hens (n = 48 total). Immature neurons expressing doublecortin (DCX) were quantified in the hippocampus, contents of the caecal microbiome were sequenced, and expression of inflammatory...
In adult chickens, the housing system influences hippocampal morphology and neurochemistry. However,...
ABSTRACT: Feather pecking (FP) is a multifactorial abnormal behavior in laying hens where they displ...
Footpad dermatitis (FPD) is a common health condition in commercially housed hens. Birds with severe...
It is still unclear which commercial housing system provides the best quality of life for laying hen...
Ph. D. Thesis.Consideration for the welfare of farmed animals has highlighted the goal of ensuring t...
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of housing systems on physiological and immunologica...
In commercial flocks of laying hens, keel bone fractures (KBFs) are prevalent and associated with be...
Feather pecking and cannibalism in farm-kept laying hens are damaging behaviors both in terms of ani...
Access to outdoor areas is provided as a means of enhancing welfare in commercial systems for laying...
Herein, we investigated to what extent molecular phenotypes of the systemic level (blood) and local ...
<div><p>The mammalian hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to chronic stress. Adult neurogenesis i...
It is essential to understand responses to stress and the impact of stress on physiological and beha...
Poultry meat and eggs are major sources of nutrients in the human diet. The long production career o...
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that keeping laying hens in an enriched envi...
In adult chickens, the housing system influences hippocampal morphology and neurochemistry. However,...
ABSTRACT: Feather pecking (FP) is a multifactorial abnormal behavior in laying hens where they displ...
Footpad dermatitis (FPD) is a common health condition in commercially housed hens. Birds with severe...
It is still unclear which commercial housing system provides the best quality of life for laying hen...
Ph. D. Thesis.Consideration for the welfare of farmed animals has highlighted the goal of ensuring t...
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of housing systems on physiological and immunologica...
In commercial flocks of laying hens, keel bone fractures (KBFs) are prevalent and associated with be...
Feather pecking and cannibalism in farm-kept laying hens are damaging behaviors both in terms of ani...
Access to outdoor areas is provided as a means of enhancing welfare in commercial systems for laying...
Herein, we investigated to what extent molecular phenotypes of the systemic level (blood) and local ...
<div><p>The mammalian hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to chronic stress. Adult neurogenesis i...
It is essential to understand responses to stress and the impact of stress on physiological and beha...
Poultry meat and eggs are major sources of nutrients in the human diet. The long production career o...
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that keeping laying hens in an enriched envi...
In adult chickens, the housing system influences hippocampal morphology and neurochemistry. However,...
ABSTRACT: Feather pecking (FP) is a multifactorial abnormal behavior in laying hens where they displ...
Footpad dermatitis (FPD) is a common health condition in commercially housed hens. Birds with severe...