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Prenatal auditory stimulation modulates stress responses and behaviour in ducklings subjected to catching and crating

  • Yashini Subramaniam1
  • Nur Ain Abd Rahim2
  • Nur Fatin Amirah Ahmad Amri2
  • Zulkifli Idrus1,2
  • Suriya Kumari Ramiah3
  • Intan Shameha Abdul Razak4
  • Aimi Nabilah Hussein2
4 affiliations
  1. 1Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  2. 2Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  3. 3School of Veterinary Medicine, IMU University, 57000 Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  4. 4Department of Veterinary Pre-Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Abstract

Prenatal auditory stimulation was evaluated for its effects on physiological stress indicators (heat shock protein 70 [HSP70], corticosterone [CORT], and ceruloplasmin [CPN]) and behavioral responses in Khaki Campbell ducklings subjected to catching and crating on post-hatch day 7. Fertilised eggs were assigned to three treatments: no additional sound (CONTROL), music (MUSIC; Mozart K.488), or noise (NOISE; vehicle horn), each at 90 dB SPL from embryonic day 15 until hatching. On post-hatch day 7, ducklings were crated for 4 h, after which physiological and behavioral responses were assessed. Catching and crating increased CORT, CPN, and HSP70. Ducklings exposed prenatally to MUSIC or NOISE exhibited lower CORT than CONTROL birds, with CPN concentrations lowest in NOISE. Behavioral responses varied among the PAS × crating treatment combinations, while T-maze success differed overall among the six treatment combinations, although adjusted pairwise comparisons were not significant. Overall, prenatal auditory stimulation modulated physiological responses, while selected behavioral responses varied among PAS × crating treatment combinations, suggesting potential effects on post-hatch stress responsiveness and behaviour.

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@article{subramaniam2026prenatal,
  title = {{Prenatal auditory stimulation modulates stress responses and behaviour in ducklings subjected to catching and crating}},
  author = {Yashini Subramaniam and Nur Ain Abd Rahim and Nur Fatin Amirah Ahmad Amri and Zulkifli Idrus and Suriya Kumari Ramiah and Intan Shameha Abdul Razak and Aimi Nabilah Hussein},
  journal = {Poultry Science},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1016/j.psj.2026.107980},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2026.107980},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prenatal auditory stimulation modulates stress responses and behaviour in ducklings subjected to catching and crating
AU  - Yashini Subramaniam
AU  - Nur Ain Abd Rahim
AU  - Nur Fatin Amirah Ahmad Amri
AU  - Zulkifli Idrus
AU  - Suriya Kumari Ramiah
AU  - Intan Shameha Abdul Razak
AU  - Aimi Nabilah Hussein
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/17
JO  - Poultry Science
DO  - 10.1016/j.psj.2026.107980
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2026.107980
AB  - Prenatal auditory stimulation was evaluated for its effects on physiological stress indicators (heat shock protein 70 [HSP70], corticosterone [CORT], and ceruloplasmin [CPN]) and behavioral responses in Khaki Campbell ducklings subjected to catching and crating on post-hatch day 7. Fertilised eggs were assigned to three treatments: no additional sound (CONTROL), music (MUSIC; Mozart K.488), or noise (NOISE; vehicle horn), each at 90 dB SPL from embryonic day 15 until hatching. On post-hatch day 7, ducklings were crated for 4 h, after which physiological and behavioral responses were assessed. Catching and crating increased CORT, CPN, and HSP70. Ducklings exposed prenatally to MUSIC or NOISE exhibited lower CORT than CONTROL birds, with CPN concentrations lowest in NOISE. Behavioral responses varied among the PAS × crating treatment combinations, while T-maze success differed overall among the six treatment combinations, although adjusted pairwise comparisons were not significant. Overall, prenatal auditory stimulation modulated physiological responses, while selected behavioral responses varied among PAS × crating treatment combinations, suggesting potential effects on post-hatch stress responsiveness and behaviour.
SN  - 0032-5791
SN  - 1525-3171
ER  -