Extending laying hens’ productive lifespan by molting: a pilot on-farm study and test of assessment methods with focus on functional traits and keel bone health [PDF]
Poultry ScienceThis study investigated potential methods to test the effects of induced molting on performance, health, and welfare traits in two mobile-housed end-of-lay flocks on individually marked hens under practical conditions.
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Functional genomic analysis of C. elegans molting. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2005 Although the molting cycle is a hallmark of insects and nematodes, neither the endocrine control of molting via size, stage, and nutritional inputs nor the enzymatic mechanism for synthesis and release of the exoskeleton is well understood.
Alison R Frand +2 more
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Dynamic eIF3‐S6 Phase Separation Switch Instructed by m6A Modification Drives the Molting of Locusts [PDF]
Advanced ScienceMolting is critical for the development and growth of insects. A central juncture in molting is the periodic and coordinated regulation of molting‐responsive mRNAs, which are essential for degrading the old cuticle and forming a new one.
Zhihao Hu +8 more
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Effect of forced molting on the antioxidant status of laying hens and a new strategy for alleviating postmolting syndrome [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: In modern industrial poultry farming practices, forced molting has not lost its importance and is widely employed in commercial poultry production.
Svyatoslav Lebedev +3 more
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Analysis of excreta bacterial community after forced molting in aged laying hens [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2019 Objective As laying hens become aged, laying performance and egg quality are generally impaired. One of the practical methods to rejuvenate production and egg quality of aged laying hens with decreasing productivity is a forced molting.
Gi Ppeum Han +5 more
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Probiotics and vitamins modulate the cecal microbiota of laying hens submitted to induced molting
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Induced molting enables laying hens to relax, restore energy and prolong the laying hen cycle, resolving problems such as poor egg quality and minimizing economic losses caused by rising global feeding costs.
Chunyang Wang +9 more
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Changes in External Egg Traits of Chickens during Pre- and Post-Molting Periods [PDF]
Poultry Science Journal, 2017 481 fresh fertilized eggs of three Kurdish local chickens (Black with brown neck, White with shank feathering, and White with non-feathering shank) were collected at pre-molting (355 eggs) and post-molting (126 eggs) stages to evaluate external egg ...
Aziz SR, Shaker A, Kirkuki SMS
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology, 2022 The study evaluated different molt-inducing methods to achieve the main goal of molting in commercial layers during molting and post-molting periods.
Gun Whi Ga +8 more
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Can Ivermectin kill Sarcoptes scabiei during the molting process?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundSarcoptes scabiei is a permanent obligate ectoparasite that lives and reproduces in the epidermis of humans and other mammals worldwide. There is a lack of information on the molting process of Sarcoptes scabiei.
Shenrui Feng +5 more
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Monitoring Caenorhabditis elegans molting in a conventional luminometer
MethodsX, 2023 Molting is an essential developmental process in Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the study of molting in the worm has been limited by the lack of automated techniques that allow monitoring the process in a simple way. In 2015, Olmedo et al. published an
Ana Guijarro-Hernández +3 more
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