Jonchère, Vincent https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-6650
van de Nieuwenhof, Marlies
Cornaille, Lea
Jimenez, Justine
Derouin-Tochon, Flavie
Gambier, Eric
Reinhardt, Johana
Lacroix-Lamandé, Sonia
Bussière, Françoise I.
Baéza, Elisabeth
Chartrin, Pascal
Paës, Charlotte
Guilloteau, Laurence A.
Molenaar, Roos
Narcy, Agnes
Funding for this research was provided by:
Carnot France Futur Elevage 2021 (Management of Early Nutrition – TOwards Robust chickens (2022–2025))
Article History
Received: 20 April 2026
Accepted: 30 July 2026
First Online: 27 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All animal experiments were conducted in compliance with the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and in accordance with Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. All procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation of Val de Loire (CEEA-19) under approval number APAFIS No. 36206.