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Antioxidant and immune responses of broiler chickens supplemented with Rhazya stricta extract in drinking water [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2021
Background and Aim: Rhazya stricta is a herbal plant widely used in traditional medicine due to its proficiency and naturalness with few side effects. In this study, we investigated the impact of using an R. stricta extract supplement on broiler chickens'
Saleh M. Albarrak
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Black pepper (Piper nigrum Lam) as a natural feed additive and source of beneficial nutrients and phytochemicals in chicken nutrition

Open Agriculture, 2023
Tropical countries are rich in medicinal herbs that have the potentials to improve poultry productivity and health by increasing digestive enzyme activity, immune responses, and modulation of gut microbiota composition through the action of their ...
Ogbuewu Ifeanyichukwu Princewill, Mbajiorgu Christian Anayo   +1 more
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Genomic diversity dynamics in conserved chicken populations are revealed by genome-wide SNPs

BMC Genomics, 2018
Background Maintaining maximum genetic diversity and preserving breed viability in conserved populations necessitates the rigorous evaluation of conservation schemes.
Mengmeng Zhang, Wei Han, Hui Tang, Guohui Li, Minjie Zhang, Ran Xu, Yijun Liu, Tao Yang, Wenting Li, Jianmin Zou, Keliang Wu   +10 more
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Campylobacter sp in organs and meconium of day-old broiler chicks derived from naturally infected breeder hens

Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2006
Campylobacter sp is an important agent that causes foodborne infection, particularly in food of poultry origin. Therefore, the efficient control of the transmission routes in chicken farms is of outmost importance to prevent it from spreading. In chicken
BB Fonseca, RA Soncini, FL Vieira, MS Siqueira, AR Guimarães, ME Beletti, DA Rossi   +6 more
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Induction of Immunological Tolerance in Chicken (Gallus domesticus) to DT40 Cells Stably Transfected with GFP

The Journal of Poultry Science, 2009
Genetically modified cells expressing xenogeneic proteins may trigger strong immunological responses when introduced into animals; however, these responses may be prevented by inducing immunological tolerance.
Wenjing Jin, Chen Zhao, Peng Sun, Xiaoping Wang, Wenxin Zhang, Jihong Yuan, Fang Yuan, Yan Li, Zandong Li   +8 more
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The Differential Phosphorylation-Dependent Signaling and Glucose Immunometabolic Responses Induced during Infection by Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Heidelberg in Chicken Macrophage-like cells

Microorganisms, 2020
Salmonella is a burden to the poultry, health, and food safety industries, resulting in illnesses, food contamination, and recalls. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica Enteritidis (S.
Famatta Perry, Casey Johnson, Bridget Aylward, Ryan J. Arsenault   +3 more
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Review of chicken productive and reproductive performance and its challenges in Ethiopia

All Life, 2022
This review gathered information about the reproduction and production performance of indigenous, exotic chickens and hybrids in Ethiopia. The indigenous chicken egg production performance under the backyard system within the ranges of 30–80 eggs per hen
Yizengaw Mengesha, Ewonetu Kebede, Ashenafi Getachew   +2 more
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Dietary Supplementation of Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus Modulates Cholesterol Levels, Immune Response, and Productive Performance of Laying Hens

Animals, 2020
This study examines the effect of dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus acidophilus (LA) on the cholesterol levels, immune response, and productive performance of laying hens. A total of 216, 40-week-old, commercial Hy-Line brown chicken layers were
Abdulaziz A. Alaqil, Ahmed O. Abbas, Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Hanaa. K. Abd El-Atty, Gamal M. K. Mehaisen, Eman S. Moustafa   +5 more
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Strategies for Obtaining and Pruning Imputed Whole-Genome Sequence Data for Genomic Prediction

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Genomic prediction with imputed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data is an attractive approach to improve predictive ability with low cost. However, high accuracy has not been realized using this method in livestock.
Shaopan Ye, Ning Gao, Rongrong Zheng, Zitao Chen, Jinyan Teng, Xiaolong Yuan, Hao Zhang, Zanmou Chen, Xiquan Zhang, Jiaqi Li, Zhe Zhang   +10 more
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Pathogenicity of West Nile Virus Lineage 1 to German Poultry

Vaccines, 2020
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that originates from Africa and at present causes neurological disease in birds, horses, and humans all around the globe.
Cora M. Holicki, Friederike Michel, Ana Vasić, Christine Fast, Martin Eiden, Cristian Răileanu, Helge Kampen, Doreen Werner, Martin H. Groschup, Ute Ziegler   +9 more
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