Abstract
The study of biorhythms, which are internal responses to external stimuli, is knows as chronobiology. Biorhythms, and their impact on physiological processes, exist across a wide range of different species. Hens exhibit strong biorhythms and knowledge of these biorhythms are necessary for understanding the range of IgY levels reported in the blood and yolk of laying hens. Infradian (60-day in serum and yolk) and circaseptan (7 day in yolk, 4 day in serum) rhythms were observed in both yolk IgY and serum IgY concentrations. Ultradian rhythms were observed in serum IgY concentrations, which reached a peak in the morning, decreased to a minimum during the daytime and increased again at night. Total and specific IgY increases with the age of a hen, leading to an increased yield per hen, despite decreased egg productivity over time. There is a correlation between concentrations of IgY in the serum and egg with some variation been reported for different breeds of hen. It appears that the immunisation program, used to induce a specific antibody response, does not affect biorhythms in hens. However, the genetic basis and other factors influencing biorhythms in hens still remain largely unclear, and it is interesting to explore the mechanisms underlying the different rhythms of IgY in serum and yolk.
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Xu, L., Li, B., Morgan, P.M., Zhang, X. (2021). Biorhythms of Hens. In: Zhang, XY., Vieira-Pires, R.S., Morgan, P.M., Schade, R. (eds) IgY-Technology: Production and Application of Egg Yolk Antibodies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72688-1_7
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