Oviposition delays induced by social stress are reversed by treatment with the beta-adrenergic blocking agent propranolol.
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.
Reynard
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Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, United Kingdom.
Savory
C J
CJ
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D010058:Oviposition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012919:Social Behavior; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013997:Time Factors; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011433:Propranolol