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Natural outbreak of Marek’s disease in indigenous chicken and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal, 2019
Carcasses of an indigenous adult chicken and Japanese quail from different flocks were presented to a veterinary clinic for postmortem (PM) examination in 2014 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Adeyinka Jeremy Adedeji, Olatunde Babatunde Akanbi, Pam Dachung Luka, Paul Abdu   +3 more
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Genetic Diversity and Phyletic Evolution of Eleven Chinese Indigenous and Three Commercial Chicken Breeds by mtDNA Sequences [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Chinese indigenous chicken breeds are geographically widespread, and a total of 116 indigenous chicken breeds are listed as Chinese national genetic resources. However, these indigenous chicken breeds are facing serious challenges as declining population
C Yu, M Qiu, X Jiang, Z Zhang, H Du, Q Li, B Xia, X Song, C Hu, X Xiong, L Yang, H Peng, J Chen, Y Wang, C Yang   +14 more
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Overview of Poultry Management as a Key Factor for Solving Food and Nutritional Security with a Special Focus on Chicken Breeding in East African Countries

Biology, 2021
The focus of this review is to offer an overview of food and nutritional security, to identify associated constraints, and propose possible alternative solutions for improving the East African poultry sub-sector in the pursuit of food security, focusing ...
Lenox Omondi Pius, Péter Strausz, Szilvia Kusza   +2 more
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Avian leukosis virus in indigenous chicken breeds, China [PDF]

Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2015
Dear Editor, Avian leukosis viruses (ALVs) can induce various tumors and cause production problems.1 Besides being a cause of mortality in poultry,1 ALV can mutate much easier than other avian viruses.1,2,3 ALVs isolated from chickens are divided into six subgroups (A–J) on the basis of the differences in the envelope glycoproteins.1 More recently ...
Dong, Xuan, Zhao, Peng, Xu, Bu, Fan, Jianhua, Meng, Fanfeng, Sun, Peng, Ju, Sidi, Li, Yang, Chang, Shuang, Shi, Weifeng, Cui, Zhizhong   +10 more
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Indigenous Chicken Production in Iran: A Review

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2008
One of the sources that, provide protein in developing countries, is native chicken. So, they should be taken into consideration in poultry improvement programs. Indeed, egg and meat production of indigenous chickens in Iran have been considered by different researchers.
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Sequence Variability in the NRAMP1 Gene among Indigenous and Exotic Chicken Types

Makara Journal of Science, 2019
The natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (NRAMP1) gene in chickens, which exists on chromosome 7, is thought to play a significant role in disease resistance. Variations in this gene have been documented and have played crucial roles in the
Abazuh Uchenna Desmond, Adekoya Khalid Olajide, Oboh Bola Olufunmilayo   +2 more
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Effect of genotypes on macronutrients and antioxidant capacity of chicken breast meat [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
Objective The increasing consumer awareness of food, which can provide health benefits and potentially aid disease prevention, has become the driving force of the functional food market.
Phatthawin Lengkidworraphiphat, Rawiwan Wongpoomchai, Sirinya Taya, Sanchai Jaturasitha   +3 more
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Comparative genomics in chicken and Pekin duck using FISH mapping and microarray analysis [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The availability of the complete chicken (Gallus gallus) genome sequence as well as a large number of chicken probes for fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray resources facilitate comparative genomic studies between ...
Ioannou, D., Völker, Martin, Robertson, Lindsay, Langley, Elizabeth J, Robertson, Lindsay BW, Tempest, Helen G, Skinner, Benjamin M., Tempest, Helen G., Tempest, H., Völker, M., Skinner, M., Crooijmans, Richard P.M.A., Hall, Anthony D, Fowler, K., Skinner, Benjamin M, Robertson, L.B., Crooijmans, Richard PMA, Skinner, B., Fowler, Katie E., Griffin, Darren K, Langley, E.J., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Griffin, D., Hall, A., Robertson, L., Tempest, H.G., Ioannou, Dimitris, Fowler, K.E., Crooijmans, R., Griffin, Darren K., Langley, E.   +30 more
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Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species

Frontiers in Genetics, 2018
The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the commonest livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six to one.
Raman A. Lawal, Raed M. Al-Atiyat, Raed M. Al-Atiyat, Riyadh S. Aljumaah, Pradeepa Silva, Joram M. Mwacharo, Olivier Hanotte, Olivier Hanotte   +7 more
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Gallus GBrowse: a unified genomic database for the chicken [PDF]

, 2008
Gallus GBrowse (http://birdbase.net/cgi-bin/gbrowse/gallus/) provides online access to genomic and other information about the chicken, Gallus gallus. The information provided by this resource includes predicted genes and Gene Ontology (GO) terms, links ...
Hickenbotham, Matthew T, Romanov, M., Glasscock, J., Mardis, Elaine, Romanov, Michael N, Ryder, Oliver A, Magrini, Vincent, Hickenbotham, M., Ryder, O., Romanov, Michael, Hickenbotham, Matthew, Ryder, Oliver, Magrini, V., Mardis, Elaine R, Schmidt, C. J., Stein, L. D., Mardis, E., Schmidt, Carl J, Glasscock, Jarret, Stein, Lincoln D, McGrath, Sean, McGrath, S.   +21 more
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