Effects of blood sampling on plasma concentrations of corticosterone and glucose in laying hens caged in groups

British Poultry Science
H LagadicJ B Williams

Abstract

1. The effects of taking a blood sample from one bird in a caged group on plasma concentrations of corticosterone and glucose in birds from its own group and birds from other groups were investigated. 2. Two blood sampling protocols were used: successive (all birds within a group were sampled one immediately after another) and alternative (birds from different groups were sampled one after another until all birds in all groups had been sampled). 3. Neither sampling protocol nor between or within group sampling rank was related to plasma concentrations of corticosterone and glucose. 4. The time taken to remove a blood sample (generally more than 45 s but less than 2 min) did not influence circulating corticosterone and glucose. 5. In individual birds plasma concentrations of corticosterone and glucose were poorly correlated with one another. 6. It is concluded that it is possible to take blood samples from a bird, kept in a group, without affecting plasma concentrations of corticosterone and glucose in other birds from that group or in birds from other groups in other cages.

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