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BMC Genomics, 2023 Background Egg laying rate (LR) is associated with a clutch, which is defined as consecutive days of oviposition. The clutch trait can be used as a selection indicator to improve egg production in poultry breeding.
Jie Wang +11 more
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Probiotics in poultry: modes of action [PDF]
, 1997 This paper reviews recent advances on the use and mode of action of probiotics (direct-fed microbials) in poultry. The addition of probiotics to the diet has been found to improve growth performance and feed conversion in broilers, and egg mass, egg ...
Abdullah, Norhani +3 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2019 An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of cyclic heat stress on phenotypic response, meat quality and muscle glycolysis of broiler. One hundred and eighty 35-day-old male Xueshan broilers with similar BW were randomly selected and exposed to
Dan Shao +4 more
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LAMP real-time turbidity detection for fowl adenovirus
BMC Veterinary Research, 2019 Background Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) is an infectious agent that can cause jaundice, severe anaemia, dyspnoea and reproductive disorders in fowls. Since 2015, FAdV disease has been rapidly spreading among broiler chickens in China, where it has caused ...
Xiao-Yuan Yuan +5 more
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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2007 An experiment was conducted with 270 broiler chicks to examine the effect of microbial phytase supplementation to low non-phytate phosphorus (NPP) diets on growth performance, bone mineralisation and nutrients retention during 1 to 21 days of age.
Arun K. Panda +4 more
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Transcriptome and histological analyses on the uterus of freckle egg laying hens
BMC Genomics, 2023 Background In this study, we explored the characteristics and causes of freckle formation. We collected 15 normal and freckled eggs each for eggshell index testing and hypothesized that the structure and function of the uterus would have a direct effect ...
Guochao Duan +11 more
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Association of Microsatellites with Growth and Immunocompetence Traits in Crossbred Layer Chicken
The Journal of Poultry Science, 2008 The present investigation was carried out on six crossbred chicken populations to estimate variability of microsatellites and their association with growth and other traits.
Rudranath Chatterjee +4 more
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Identifying Signatures of Selection Related to Comb Development
The Journal of Poultry Science, 2021 The aim of this study was to identify genes involved in comb development to provide insights into the molecular mechanism of chickens' comb formation.
Yunjie Tu +7 more
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Evaluation of Broiler Health Status Through Flock Health Monitoring Program in Bangladesh [PDF]
Poultry Science Journal, 2020 Flock health monitoring program is an important system, used in the poultry industry worldwide to minimize the production cost, detect clinical and subclinical diseases and acquire data to make comparisons among the farms and identify the future research
Moula MM +5 more
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2009 Alarming new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada suggests that widespread off-label use of cephalosporin antibiotics in poultry hatcheries is triggering human resistance to the class of antibiotics.
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