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Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]

, 2010
Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these pathogens, >71% have wildlife origins.
Cutler, S.J., Fooks, A.R., Poel, W.H.M., van der   +2 more
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CHROMOSOMES OF CHICKEN-PHEASANT HYBRIDS [PDF]

Annales de Génétique et de Sélection Animale, 1972
a majority of the embryos carry a haploid set each of chicken and pheasant chromosomes. Three of the male embryos resulting from chicken female-pheasant male crosses were cytogenetically indistinguishable from male domestic chicken whereas two embryos obtained from a similar cross, were chimeras composed of chicken cells and hybrid cells.
Basrur Parvathi K, Yamashiro S
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The effects of castration on the growth parameters, carcass yield and meat chemical composition of intensively reared Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus colchicus L.)

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
The effects of castration on growth performance, carcass characteristics and chemical composition of m. iliotibilais cranialis and m. pectoralis superficialis of pheasants were examined.
Renata Baric-Rafaj, Lidija Kozacinski, Mirza Hadziosmanovic, Zeljka Cvrtila, Zdravko Janicki, Dean Konjevic, Danijela Horvatek, Tomislav Masek, Kresimir Severin   +8 more
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Can sexual selection drive female life histories? A comparative study on Galliform birds [PDF]

, 2007
Sexual selection is an important driver of many of the most spectacular morphological traits that we find in the animal kingdom (for example see Andersson, 1994). As such, sexual selection is most often emphasized as
A. Ø. MOOERS, Andersson M., Bennett P.M., Bininda-Emonds O.R.P., Blackburn T.M., Blackburn T.M., Cornishbowden A., Cramp S., Crowe T.M., Crowe T.M., del Hoyo J., Dunning J.B., E. J. A. CUNNINGHAM, Ellsworth D.L., Gutierrez R.J., Gutierrez R.J., Harvey P.H., Heath D.D., Holman H.J., Hoyt D.F., J. J. VERSPOOR, Lack D., Lack D., Maddison W.P., Midford P.E., Munechika I., N. KOLM, Nylander J.A.A., R. W. STEIN, Roff D.A., Roff D.A., Rohwer F.C., Rohwer F.C., Sibley C.G., Sikes D.S., Stearns S.C., Swofford D.L., Wen L.-Y., Zhan X.-J., Zink R.M.   +39 more
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The effects of released pheasants on invertebrate populations in and around woodland release sites

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The release of gamebirds for recreational shooting exerts a series of effects on the ecosystems into which they are placed. Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are omnivorous and eat invertebrates, especially when young or, if females, when breeding ...
Andrew Hall, Rufus A. Sage, Joah R. Madden   +2 more
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The Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Industry within the United Kingdom and the Threat Posed by Mycoplasma gallisepticum: A Review

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
In ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) infection is frequently associated with infectious sinusitis. This condition causes swelling of the infraorbital sinuses, upper respiratory distress, depression and variable ...
Matthew J. Balfour
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Histological Characteristics of Leg Muscles of 56-Day Old Pheasants Hatched from Eggs with Different Eggshell Colour

Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023
The aim of this paper was to examine the histological characteristics of leg muscles of pheasants hatched from eggs of a different colour. From muscle samples (M.
Dragan Žikić, Slobodan Stojanović, Zdenko Kanački, Zlatko Jojkić, Gordana Ušćebrka   +4 more
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Body conformation, carcass composition and physicochemical and sensory properties of meat from pheasants of different origin

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2012
Mongolian × Versicolor and common pheasants were investigated. Birds were kept in a confined, environmentally controlled facility without outdoor access and fed ad libitum commercial diets for slaughter pheasants. Body weight was determined at the end of
D. Kokoszyński, Z. Bernacki, Ł. Duszyński   +2 more
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Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) : research article [PDF]

, 2007
Background The phylogenetic tree of Galliformes (gamebirds, including megapodes, currassows, guinea fowl, New and Old World quails, chicken, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys) has been considerably remodeled over the last decades as new data and analytical ...
Kriegs, Jan Ole, Matzke, Andreas, Churakov, Gennady, Kuritzin, Andrej, Mayr, Gerald, Brosius, Jürgen, Schmitz, Jürgen   +6 more
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Differences in social preference between the sexes during ontogeny drive segregation in a precocial species (dataset) [PDF]

, 2017
Data used in Whiteside et al Differences in social preference between the sexes during ontogeny drive segregation in a precocial speciesHypotheses for why animals sexually segregate typically rely on adult traits such as differences in sexual roles ...
Beardsworth, Christine, Laker, Philippa, Langley, Ellis, Madden, Joah, van Horik, Jayden, Whiteside, Mark   +5 more
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