Behavioral Temperature Regulation in Neonate Chick of Bantam Hen (Gallus domesticus)
The colonic temperatures of Bantam chicks increased significantly (P<.001) from 38.4 ± .9 C (SD) on day one to 40.6 ± .6 C ten days after hatching, with a transient fall around the fifth day. When left alone for 45 min in a thermal gradient box providing temperatures from 16 to 45 C, the youngest...
| Published in: | Poultry Science |
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1978
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| Online Access: | http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/57/5/1369 https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0571369 |