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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Dried chicory root (Cichorium intybus L.) as a natural fructan source in rabbit diet: effects on growth performance, digestion and caecal and carcass traits [PDF]
, 2011 [EN] Three experimental diets were formulated including (per kg) 100 g oats (control diet), 50 g chicory root (Chicory 5 diet) or 100 g chicory root (Chicory 10 diet) at the expense of oats. The diets differed with respect to starch and fructan contents.
Bónai +13 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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Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1971 Butler, C. II, and Kleinerman, J. (1971). Brit. J. industr. Med., 28, 67-71. Paraquat in the rabbit. Forty rabbits received paraquat intraperitoneally in total dosages of from 2 to 100 mg/kg and in one to five separate administrations. Nine animals which received 25 mg/kg or more died within four days of administration, and the remainder were killed at
C, Butler, J, Kleinerman
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 The keel bone of commercially kept laying hens is known to be frequently affected by morphologic changes such as fractures and deformations with important implications for animal welfare.
Sarah Baur +3 more
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Experimental studies on diagnosis of death from drowning by means of detection of vegetative planktons (diatoms) II. Detection of diatoms from putrefied and cremated bones of drowned bodies [PDF]
, 1961 A series of experiments have been conducted with ten adult rabbits, drowning them to death in a ditch those water contains diatoms in abundance. The bones (selected ones are the femur, humerus, riHand vertebra) of these drowned rabbits have been buried ...
Okuyama, Masami
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Prosopis alba seed flour improves vascular function in a rabbit model of high fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome [PDF]
, 2019 Aims: Prosopis alba flour is a natural source of nutrient and phytochemicals with potential effects on cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this work was to examine the effects of dietary supplementation with Prosopis alba seed flour (Pr-Feed) on a ...
Alarcón, Gabriela del Jesús +4 more
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Blocking entry of hepatitis B and D viruses to hepatocytes as a novel immunotherapy for treating chronic infections [PDF]
, 2021 Background. Chronic hepatitis B and D virus (HBV/HDV) infections can cause cancer. Current HBV therapy using nucleoside analogues (NAs) is life-long and reduces but does not eliminate the risk of cancer.
Ahlén, G +13 more
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