Pegram, Kimberly V.
Rutowski, Ronald L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (1145654)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2016
Revised: 3 May 2016
Accepted: 4 May 2016
First Online: 25 May 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted. All procedures used in this study were approved by the Arizona State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol no. 14-1349R). At the end of the experiment, most of the chickens were adopted for personal use but some males were humanely euthanized. This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.