Table 2.

Physiological responses, actual values, and changes (after separation minus before separation) of Nigerian indigenous hens to physical and visual separation from their chicks.

	Eye temperature	Heart rate	Blood glucose
	(°C)	(beats/minute)	(g/dL)
Physical separation
Before	37.27 ± 0.03	176.18 ± 0.17	203.88 ± 0.17
After	37.35 ± 0.25	176.52 ± 3.03	188.88 ± 6.02
Changes	0.08 ± 0.23	0.33 ± 3.07	−15.00 ± 5.98
Visual separation
Before	37.53 ± 0.05	175.55 ± 0.73	185.40 ± 0.27
After	37.50 ± 0.33	174.38 ± 6.57	178.98 ± 5.05
Changes	−0.03 ± 0.31	−1.17 ± 6.60	−6.42 ± 4.90

Values are means ± SE.