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Improving Phylogenetic Signals of Mitochondrial Genes Using a New Method of Codon Degeneration

Life, 2020
Recovering deep phylogeny is challenging with animal mitochondrial genes because of their rapid evolution. Codon degeneration decreases the phylogenetic noise and bias by aiming to achieve two objectives: (1) alleviate the bias associated with nucleotide
Xuhua Xia
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Unilateral renal agenesis in greater rhea (Rhea americana Linnaeus, 1758) reared under human care in the potiguar semiarid, Brazil

Medicina Veterinária
Considered the largest wild bird in South America, the Greater Rhea is a ratite endowed with great zootechnical value and scientific importance. Understanding the pathologies that may affect these animals is necessary since they are kept in captivity ...
Ana Caroline Freitas Caetano de Sousa, João Augusto Rodrigues Alves Diniz, Igor Renno Guimarães Lopes, Carlos Eduardo Vale Rebouças, Jael Soares Batista, Juliana Fortes Vilarinho Braga, Moacir Franco de Oliveira   +6 more
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A critique of avian CHD-based molecular sexing protocols illustrated by a Z-chromosome polymorphism detected in auklets [PDF]

, 2001
The sexes of non-ratite birds can be determined routinely by PCR amplification of the CHD-Z and CHD-W genes. CHD -based molecular sexing of four species of auklets revealed the presence of a polymorphism in the Z chromosome.
Burke, T., Darby, S., Dawson, D.A., Hunter, F.M., Jones, I.L., Krupa, A.P.   +5 more
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Effect of dietary organic and inorganic selenium supplementation on chemical, mineral and fatty acid composition of ostrich meat [PDF]

, 2015
This study evaluated the effect of dietary organic and inorganic selenium supplementation on chemical, mineral and fatty acid composition of ostrich meat.
De Smet, Stefaan, Horbańczuk, Jaroslaw, Jóźwik, Artur, Polawska, Ewa, Pomianowski, Janusz Franciszek, Raes, Katleen, Tolik, Dominika, Zdanowska-Sasiadek, Zaneta   +7 more
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Effects of packaging methods on shelf life of ratite meats

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Over the last years a growing demand for ratite meat, including ostrich, emu, and rhea has been observed in the world. Ratite meat is recognised as a dietetic product because of low level of fat, high share of PUFA, favourable n6/n3 ratio, and higher ...
Horbańczuk Olaf K., Wierzbicka Agnieszka   +1 more
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Technological and nutritional properties of ostrich, emu, and rhea meat quality

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016
In recent years a growing demand for ratite meat, including ostrich, emu, and rhea has been observed all over the world. However, consumers as well as the meat industry still have limited and scattered knowledge about this type of meat, especially in the
Horbańczuk Olaf K., Wierzbicka Agnieszka   +1 more
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Gastrointestinal parasites of a population of emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019
Emus are large flightless birds in the ratite group and are native to Australia. Since the mid-1980s, there has been increased interest in the captive breeding of emus for the production of leather, meat and oil.
S. S. M. Gallo, C. S. Teixeira, N. B. Ederli, F. C. R. Oliveira   +3 more
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Detecção de Salmonella Anatum em ema (Rhea americana) Detection of Salmonella Anatum in the Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)

Ciência Rural, 2008
Para pesquisa de Salmonella spp. foram coletadas amostras de fígado e conteúdo cecal de 70 emas (Rhea americana) abatidas no Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil.
Rosecler Alves Pereira, Cláudio Wageck Canal, Verônica Schmidt   +2 more
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Morphology of the tongue of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). I. Gross anatomical features and topography

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
Despite numerous papers addressing the topic, the gross morphology of the ratite tongue and more specifically that of the emu, has been superficially or poorly described.
M.R. Crole, J.T. Soley
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Serum Biochemistry of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) in Captivity in the Northeast of Brazil

Animals, 2023
We investigated the biochemical profile of greater rheas (Rhea americana) in captivity and correlated these values according to the birds’ sex. A total of 69 serum samples were collected from a breeding site in Mossoró, northeastern Brazil, and analyzed ...
Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Carolina A. S. C. Araújo, Herbert S. Soares, Eloine M. B. Picanço, Yasmine R. Batista Silva, Clara Satsuki Mori, Solange Maria Gennari, Raimundo Alves Barrêto Júnior, Enrico Lippi Ortolani   +8 more
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