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Poultry Science, Vol 76, Issue 9, 1315-1317
Copyright © 1997 by Poultry Science Association

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Oviposition delays induced by social stress are reversed by treatment with the beta-adrenergic blocking agent propranolol

M Reynard and CJ Savory

Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, United Kingdom.

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.




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