Blood corticosterone levels in growing geese around feather gathering

Péter Tóth; László Bódi; Katalin Maros; Endre Szűcs; Janbaz Janan

doi:10.1556/avet.2012.042

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 60: Issue 4

Blood corticosterone levels in growing geese around feather gathering

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Péter Tóth

Péter Tóth Szent István University Ethology and Animal Welfare Group, Department of Agri-Environmental Management Páter K. u. 1 H-2100 Gödöllő Hungary

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László Bódi

László Bódi Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition Division of Small Animal Research Gödöllő Hungary

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Katalin Maros

Katalin Maros Szent István University Ethology and Animal Welfare Group, Department of Agri-Environmental Management Páter K. u. 1 H-2100 Gödöllő Hungary

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Endre Szűcs

Endre Szűcs University of West Hungary Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary

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Janbaz Janan

Janbaz Janan Szent István University Ethology and Animal Welfare Group, Department of Agri-Environmental Management Páter K. u. 1 H-2100 Gödöllő Hungary

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Pages:: 477–487

Online Publication Date:: 16 Nov 2012

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2012

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/avet.2012.042

Keywords:: Stress; geese; feather gathering; corticosterone

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Feather production is realised by gathering feathers from geese right as they start their natural moulting. The adequate gathering time coincides with the time of moulting. There is still scarce information as to whether or not gathering causes distress and pain to geese. A series of experiments was carried out by our research group to determine the effect of gathering on plasma corticosterone level in growing geese. In the present experiment, the reactions of five groups (two gathered and three not gathered groups) of 9-week-old Babat Hungarian Upgraded geese were compared regarding gathering. Blood samples were taken right before, during and 5 min, 1 and 3 h after gathering into heparinised tubes from all groups. The plasma concentration of corticosterone was determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). The results show that the plasma concentration of corticosterone is high in the first sample of all groups but is significantly lower at subsequent blood samplings compared to the first samples, especially in gathered geese. Compared to the first sampling, we observed higher corticosterone levels in samples collected 1 and 3 h after gathering. This was true only for groups which were not gathered, especially for the group which was not given any antistress material. From these results it can be concluded that the handling of geese causes an elevation in plasma corticosterone level and that feather gathering does not result in a higher corticosterone level than the handling or catching of the bird. Therefore, it can be concluded that feather gathering — especially when it is done adequately in time — does not cause more distress than the handling or catching of the bird.

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Mária BENKŐ (Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, Budapest, Hungary)
Gábor BODÓ (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Béla DÉNES (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest Hungary)
Edit ESZTERBAUER (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Hedvig FÉBEL (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
László FODOR (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
János GÁL (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Balázs HARRACH (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Peter MASSÁNYI (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic)
Béla NAGY (Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
Tibor NÉMETH (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Zsuzsanna NEOGRÁDY (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Dušan PALIĆ (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany)
Alessandra PELAGALLI (University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)
Kurt PFISTER (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany)
László SOLTI (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
József SZABÓ (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Péter VAJDOVICH (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
János VARGA (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Štefan VILČEK (University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic)
Károly VÖRÖS (University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)
Herbert WEISSENBÖCK (University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria)
Attila ZSARNOVSZKY (Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary)

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