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Daily rhythm of corticosterone in laying hens and the influence of egg laying

The modern way of intensive rearing of poultry has provoked much criticism and has elicited an increased interest in factors concerning the welfare, especially stress, of the animals. Corticosterone plays an important role in the stress syndrome. It is the main corticosteroid in avian plasma, but little is known about its normal level in the blood because the methods for estimating this hormone were not accurate enough.

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