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Behaviour and hormone concentrations in nest deprived and renesting hens

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1. Nest and egg deprivation is a procedure traditionally used to disrupt incubation behaviour expression in commercial flocks. The aim of this study was to establish how nest deprivation affects the subsequent changes in behaviour and hormone secretion and whether readiness to renest is related to hormone concentration before and during nest deprivation. 2. Incubating broiler breeder hens were deprived of their nest either in their familiar environment, by blocking the nest entrance in the home cage or in an unfamiliar environment, by transfer in a different cage. After 3 days of nest deprivation, next access was allowed and readiness to incubate tested. 3. Both methods of nest deprivation resulted in the expression of similar behaviours associated with the disruption of incubation, and similar increases in plasma LH and oestradiol and decreases in plasma prolactin. The percentage (approximate to 70%) of hens which renested after either method of nest deprivation did not differ significantly. 4. Readiness to renest was not related to the concentrations of plasma prolactin measured before or during the 3 days of nest deprivation. However, hens which would later renest could be identified by using behavioural criteria. They emitted more avoidance trills before, and sat on the wire floor for longer periods during, the nest deprivation period than the others.
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hal-01319927 , version 1 (23-05-2016)

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Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Daniel Guéméné, R. W. Lea, P. J. Sharp, Grégoy Bédécarrats, et al.. Behaviour and hormone concentrations in nest deprived and renesting hens. British Poultry Science, 1998, 39 (3), pp.309--317. ⟨10.1080/00071669888836⟩. ⟨hal-01319927⟩
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