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Banana leaf in the diet of laying hens in cage free system [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 2019 The aim of this research was evaluate the productive performance, egg quality and the endoparasites presence on Carijo laying hens in Cage Free system, fed with two experimental diets, one of them supplemented with fresh banana leaf in natura. Were used 196 laying hens with twenty-four weeks of age, distributed in a completely randomized design with 14
Silva, Nayara Emanoelle Matos e +5 more
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Animals, 2018 Poultry welfare has been extensively studied; however, there is a lack of rigorous scientific knowledge relating to the different aspects of welfare factors and how this may contribute to the production quantity and product quality as well as the welfare
Siyu Chen +12 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2017 Background Avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is common in chicken flocks in China, as currently no measures exist to prevent the spread of the disease.
Baoyuan Liu +10 more
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Advances in keeping laying hens in various cage-free systems
World's Poultry Science Journal, 2023 SUMMARY: Cage-free housing of pullets and laying hens is becoming more and more popular around the world. This paper reviews the literature on the most common cage-free rearing systems for pullets: floor systems with or without elevated structures, multi-tier systems, systems with access to a covered veranda and/or a free-range, and organic systems ...
Giersberg, Mona F., Rodenburg, T. Bas
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The Price of Happy Hens: A Hedonic Analysis of Retail Egg Prices
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010 This paper analyzes price differentials among conventional, cage-free, organic, and Omega-3 eggs using retail scanner data from two regional markets and the United States as a whole.
Jae Bong Chang +2 more
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Laying hen production and welfare in a cage-free setting is impacted by the northern fowl mite
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2022 SUMMARY: The northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) is a common blood-feeding ectoparasite of poultry that can cause decreased egg production and reduced hen welfare.
R.A. Jarrett +6 more
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Animals, 2023 Consumer demand for retail cage-free eggs is driving the layer industry towards greater use of extensive housing environments. However, there is limited research on how these environments affect egg production characteristics of brown egg layers, as was ...
Benjamin N. Alig +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.LUNAR is a liver‐specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that is highly expressed in normal liver but becomes epigenetically silenced in hepatocellular carcinoma through promoter hypermethylation. Loss of LUNAR is associated with NOTCH activation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and metastasis, whereas restoring LUNAR restrains metastatic progression ...
Se Ha Jang +9 more
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Animals, 2023 This study evaluates the effect of housing environment on the egg quality characteristics of brown egg layers as many different environments are currently used in the industry.
Benjamin N. Alig +2 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.LVRF (lymphatic and vascular resistance factor) is a VEGFA splice variant upregulated in response to anti‐angiogenic therapy that fosters tumor adaptation through enhanced vascularization, lymphangiogenesis, and metastatic dissemination. Targeting LVRF with fully human neutralizing antibodies disrupts these processes and limits resistant tumor growth ...
Marion David +12 more
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