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Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu, I. A. Anjola, L. O. Fasasi, D. P. Fadipe, A. T. Afuye, F. O. Fasanya, O. E. Oke   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interconnection of Waste Chicken Feather Biodegradation and Keratinase and mcl-PHA Production Employing Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Applied Food Biotechnology, 2019
Background and objective: Waste chicken feather is an important waste product of the poultry processing industry and is annually produced in substantial amounts. Hence, wise management of this waste is desirable.
Iva Pernicova, Vojtech Enev, Ivana Marova, Stanislav Obruca   +3 more
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Adsorption isotherm and kinetics for the removal of nitrate from wastewater using chicken feather fiber

Cogent Engineering, 2022
Nitrate has been identified as a major source of water pollution and eutrophication. The use of modified chicken feathers (MCFs) as an adsorbent has not been fully explored.
O O Elemile, B O Akpor, E M Ibitogbe, Y T Afolabi, D. O Ajani   +4 more
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A Question on the Locations of the Tardy Feathering and Henny Feathering Loci in the Chicken

Poultry Science, 1994
The locus for tardy feathering (t), previously mapped to the long (q) arm of chromosome 1 of the chicken, was tested for genetic linkage with both the NM 7659 t(Z;1) rearrangement break point (RB) and the henny feathering (Hf) locus. The RB is proximal to the centromere on 1q, and Hf has been reported to be on the proximal one-third of the same arm ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Gut Health in Ostriches (Struthio camelus): Insights Into Intestinal Structure, Functions, Microbiome, and Improvement Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Our paper systematically reviews the intestinal structure, function, and microbiota of ostriches, along with strategies for improving their gut health. We analyze how these factors collectively influence intestinal homeostasis and ostrich welfare, emphasizing probiotics as a promising intervention to enhance gut health, boost population well‐being, and
Zi‐Qun Zhang, Fang‐Fang Guo, Wen‐Juan Du, Meng Li, Aftab Shaukat, Zhu‐Qing Jia, Shu‐Cheng Huang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocomposites using waste whole chicken feathers and thermoplastic matrices

, 2013
This study deals with the preparation and characterization of thermoplastic composites using polypropylene, high-density polyethylene and polylactic acid matrices and including whole chicken feathers as reinforcement.
Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier, Rahhali, Ahmed, Colom Fajula, Xavier, Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando   +3 more
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Properties and optimal manufacturing conditions of chicken feathers/poly(lactic acid) biocomposites [PDF]

, 2015
Chicken feathers waste from poultry industry was incorporated in poly(lactic acid) matrix to obtain an environmental friendly biocomposite taking advantage of the unique properties of chicken feathers, such as low density, biodegradability and good ...
Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier, Aymerich Amorós, Jordi, Garrido Soriano, Núria, Álvarez del Castillo, María Dolores, Colom Fajula, Xavier, Molins Duran, Gemma, Macanás de Benito, Jorge, Carrillo Navarrete, Fernando   +7 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman   +2 more
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Determination of Keratinase Activity using Chicken Feather DMSO extract and its optimization with Response Surface Methodology [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Keratinase is an enzyme capable of degrading keratin, exhibiting two activities: protease activity, which cleaves peptide bonds, and disulfide reductase activity, which reduces disulfide bonds (-S-S-). However, keratinase activity is often measured using
Rizqi Maharani Fazria, Suharti Suharti
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Genomic variations and signatures of selection in Wuhua yellow chicken.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Wuhua yellow chicken (WHYC) is an important traditional yellow-feathered chicken from China, which is characterized by its white tail feathers, white flight feathers, and strong disease resistance.
Zhuoxian Weng, Yongjie Xu, Weina Li, Jiebo Chen, Ming Zhong, Fusheng Zhong, Bingwang Du, Bin Zhang, Xunhe Huang   +8 more
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