Beuving G
Centrum voor Onderzoek en Voorlichting voor de pluimveehouderij Het Spelderholt, Beekbergen.
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1989 Jan 1;114(1):3-9.
The effects of a laying nest on egg-laying behaviour and plasma corticosterone levels are described. Three causes of increasing corticosterone levels are discussed: (1) an increase during egg-laying behaviour; (2) an increase during oviposition; (3) an increase due to removal of the laying nest.