Functional Analysis of Oligoadenylate Synthetase in the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) [PDF]
Animals2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS) is one of the proteins that act as a defense mechanism against foreign RNA in cells. OAS has two functions: an antiviral effect against a wide range of virus species via the OAS/RNase L pathway with synthesized ...
Keisuke Sato +3 more
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Gastrointestinal parasites of a population of emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019 Emus are large flightless birds in the ratite group and are native to Australia. Since the mid-1980s, there has been increased interest in the captive breeding of emus for the production of leather, meat and oil.
S. S. M. Gallo +3 more
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Seasonal and sex-dependent gene expression in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) fat tissues [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) farming has been gaining wide interest for fat production. Oil rendered from this large flightless bird’s fat is valued for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties for uses in therapeutics and cosmetics.
Kristina Wright +4 more
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Carcass traits and fat quality of breeding emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in Northern Japan [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2022 : Characterization of carcass traits and fat quality is important to effectively produce and genetically improve emus. We investigated carcass traits in 309 emus.
Yuichi Koshiishi +10 more
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Clostridial enterocolitis in an emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2022 A 25-year-old female emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) presented with a 1-week history of lethargy, hyporexia, and recumbency. The bird had lived its entire life at the Winnie Carter Wildlife Center in Texas and had an unremarkable medical history, apart ...
Emily Hoskins +3 more
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Microbial diversity and metabolic function in duodenum, jejunum and ileum of emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), a large flightless omnivorous ratite, are farmed for their fat and meat. Emu fat can be rendered into oil for therapeutic and cosmetic use. They are capable of gaining a significant portion of its daily energy requirement
Ji Eun Kim +4 more
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Postmortem Examination of Emu Bird (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in Ragunan Zoo [PDF]
Jurnal Medik Veteriner, 2022 Ragunan Zoo is one of the ex-situ conservation sites in DKI Jakarta to protect the wildlife outside their natural habitat. The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is one of the TMR collection animals originating from Australia. An emu bird named Lebo, aged 19
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The influence of age and gender on emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) fat. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractStudies were carried out to determine the influence of age and sex on two types of fat (back fat and abdominal fat) in the emu, as these are factors that influence the composition of animal tissues. The material involved 26 emus at the age 1 (6 males), 3 (6 males) and 15 years (8 females and 6 males), kept on the same farm and fed the feed of ...
Bucław M +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019 The study aimed to identify species of ticks present in the environment and among captive animals, in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ticks were isolated from captive animals by manual examination and free-living ticks in the environment were ...
Izabela Mesquita Araújo +7 more
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Novel Quantification of Eggshell Surfaces in Dromaius novaehollandiae With Implications for the Fossil Eggshells of Oviraptorosauria (Dinosauria) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe external surfaces of non‐avian dinosaur eggs are not usually smooth like those of their avian descendants. Unique ornamentation patterns sculpt the exterior of the eggs, a trait that is difficult to interpret because of its scarcity in modern taxa ...
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