Animals, 2020 Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS) has been suggested for use in poultry under 4 kg in the abattoir as a more humane alternative to carbon dioxide (CO2).
Thomas C. Gent +4 more
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Providing ramps in rearing aviaries affects laying pullet distribution, behavior and bone properties
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2022 SUMMARY: To ensure that laying hens can make full use of the various resources within an aviary barn and develop optimum bone health while minimizing keel bone fractures, appropriate cognitive and bone development during rearing is critical.
A. Stratmann +4 more
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Genetic variation of keel and long bone skeletal properties for 5 lines of laying hens
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2020 Summary: Fractures to the keel bone is one of the greatest problems facing the laying hen industry. With most severe effects observed in non-cage housing, frequencies are expected to dramatically increase as the industry continues transitioning away from
L. Candelotto +7 more
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EFFECT OF SEASON ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND IMMUNITY TRAITS IN RABBITS [PDF]
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018 The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of season on growth performance traits, leptin hormone concentration and gene expression for innate immunity in response to vaccination against pasteurellosis. A Total of 384 weaned rabbits were
Yasmein Abdel-Ghafar +4 more
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Effects of Music Enrichment on Individually Housed Male New Zealand White Rabbits [PDF]
, 2018 The beneficial effect of music has been demonstrated in many species. Although commercially available music CDs intended for use with rabbits are available, these enrichments have not been critically evaluated to determine whether they reduce distress ...
Hickman, Debra L., Peveler, Jessica L.
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Efficacy of the Newcastle Disease Virus Genotype VII.1.1-Matched Vaccines in Commercial Broilers
Vaccines, 2021 Class II genotype VII Newcastle disease viruses (NDV) are predominant in the Middle East and Asia despite intensive vaccination programs using conventional live and inactivated NDV vaccines.
Hesham A. Sultan +7 more
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Seasonal temperature acclimatization in a semi-fossorial mammal and the role of burrows as thermal refuges. [PDF]
, 2018 Small mammals in habitats with strong seasonal variation in the thermal environment often exhibit physiological and behavioral adaptations for coping with thermal extremes and reducing thermoregulatory costs.
Camp, Meghan J +7 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Up to 97% of laying hens housed in aviary systems are affected by keel bone fractures. Due to the scope of the problem, multiple efforts investigating causes and consequences of fractures have been conducted. The most frequently used techniques to detect
Christina Rufener +3 more
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rLOAD: does sex mediate the effect of acute antiplatelet loading on stroke outcome. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundBiologic sex can influence response to pharmacologic therapy. The purpose of this proof-of-concept study was to evaluate the medicating effects of estrogen in the efficacy of acute antiplatelet loading therapy on stroke outcome in the rabbit ...
Compton, M Peggy +4 more
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Effect of pre-weaning solid feed and milk intake on caecal content characteristics and performance of rabbits around weaning [PDF]
, 2002 The aim of this study is to know the effect of different solid feed and milk intake during suckling on performance around weaning and on caecal content characteristics at weaning. In order to obtain different intakes of milk and solid feed, 13 litters of
Cutrignelli, Monica Isabella +6 more
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