Sex identification in rainbow trout using genomic information and machine learning by Andrei A. Kudinov, Antti Kause

“…In comparison to mammals and birds, ray-finned fishes exhibit a greater diversity of sex determination systems, with an absence of conserved genomic regions. …”
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Role of Chromosome Changes in Evolution and Diversity by Kornsorn Srikulnath, Watcharaporn Thapana, Narongrit Muangmai

“…These provided an important contribution of chromosomal rearrangements for the evolutionary processes of Crocodylia and Sauropsida (birds and reptiles). The karyotypic features of crocodilians contain small diploid chromosome numbers (30~42), with little interspecific variation of the chromosome arm number (fundamental number) among crocodiles (56~60). …”
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Effect of physical feed form, phytase super dosing, and/or citric acid on growth performance, phosphorus digestibility, and intestinal microbial population of broiler chickens by M.M. Reihani, S.N. Mousavi, F. Froudi, K. Karimi

“…For this purpose, 1000 newly hatched, straight-run Cobb 500 broiler chicks were assigned to 8 experimental treatments with five replicate pens each and 25 broiler chickens per replicate in a 2x2x2 factorial arrangement with two forms of feed (pellets or mash), two phytase concentrations (0 or 2000 FTU per kg), and two citric acid levels (0 or 0.4% of diet) for 42 days. Birds fed pelleted feed showed higher weight gain and feed intake than those fed mash form (p<0.05). …”
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Feeding behavior and prey characteristics of great egrets (Ardea alba) in eco-friendly and conventional rice fields in South Korea by Green Choi, Min Seock Do, Seok-Jun Son, Hyung-Kyu Nam

“…Abstract Rice fields are important wildlife habitats; however, intensive agricultural practices have reduced the population of farmland birds. As a high-level consumer, the great egret (Ardea alba) serves as an indicator of the overall biodiversity of rice fields. …”
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Projet MAMIA (Manompana mikajy ny ala) : étude, gestion et conservation des forêts de Manompana. Actions, bilan et perspectives by Ségolène Beaucent, Marc Fayolle

“…While human activities progressively damage and fragment those natural habitats, fauna inventories carried out in the forest of Manompana (lemurs, birds and herpetofauna) keep on showing high species diversity and rich natural area, much of those being still well preserved due to their remoteness. …”
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Environmental harshness does not affect the propensity for social learning in great tits, Parus major by Emil Isaksson, Julie Morand-Ferron, Alexis Chaine

“…Tests in specialized food-hoarding birds have shown strong support for the effects of environmental harshness on both asocial and social learning. …”
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The proclivity of free-ranging indigenous village chickens for night-time roosting in trees by Takele Taye Desta

“…However, this can be circumvented using guarding dogs. Birds might be also affected by adverse weather, although they are thought to be resilient to such environmental changes. …”
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Study on Water Environmental Characteristics Based on Comprehensive Pollution Assessment Method with Entropy Weight Optimization by HUANG Wen

“…At the same time, the comprehensive pollution assessment method, enhanced by entropy weight optimization, indicates that the water quality of Sand Lake in August is classified as category V, exceeding the standard, and the pollution level in summer and autumn in August is significantly higher than that in winter and spring, especially the monitoring point L05, indicating that the lake environment is significantly affected by wildlife such as birds and fish. Finally, the water environmental pollution index values of Sand Lake in 2020 are lower than those monitored in the same period of 2019, suggesting that the water quality of the lake shows an upward trend of change. …”
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The Contribution of Tour Companies Towards the Development of the Tourism Industry in Rwanda: A Case Study of Primate Safari Tour Company by Diogene, Habimana

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Climate change influences on the potential geographic distribution of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis by Mohammed Okely, Ze Chen, Eslam Adly, Mahmoud Kamal

“…This species is characterized by high adaptability to a wide range of temperatures and can reproduce parthenogenically under stressful conditions. Migratory birds are important hosts of H. longicornis and are thought to be responsible for its unexpected invasion and introduction into new areas worldwide. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of conservation priorities in mitigating agricultural threats to China’s vertebrates by Can Yang, Geli Zhang, Xi Zhang, Yuzhe Li, Zhichao Li, Qinghao Wang, Jinwei Dong

“…Our findings indicate that croplands in the Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain and Northeast China represent the most significant threats to threatened birds, with 1,346 and 751 identified risk spots, respectively. …”
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Cloned airway basal progenitor cells to repair fibrotic lung through re-epithelialization by Yu Zhao, Yueqing Zhou, Weipan Zhang, Mingzhe Liu, Jun Duan, Xiaopeng Zhang, Qiwang Ma, Yujia Wang, Yuzhen Zhang, Zhongliang Guo, Ting Zhang, Wei Zuo

“…Furthermore, by cloning P63+ airway basal progenitors from larger mammals and birds, we construct multiple lung-chimerism animals and uncover the evolutionarily conserved roles of these progenitor cells in lung repair. …”
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SPREAD OF LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA А/Н9N2 IN THE WORLD AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION. CHALLENGES OF DISEASE ERADICATION by M. S. Volkov, A. V. Varkentin, V. N. Irza

“…Н9 virus circulation is reflected not only in the physical condition of birds and their productivity, but it also affects the live vaccines’ efficacy during scheduled immunizations through the reduction of their protective effect and increase of post-vaccination reactions. …”
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Assessment of the Efficacy of L-Lysine Sulfate vis-à-vis L-Lysine Hydrochloride as Sources of Supplemental Lysine in Broiler Chickens by Vijay Bahadur, Sudipto Haldar, Tapan Kumar Ghosh

“…A fasting trial conducted after the completion of the feeding trial indicated that the birds receiving L-lysine sulfate retained more of their live weight than the control and the L-lysine hydrochloride dietary groups (𝑃<.05). …”
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The Invasive Plant Maeopsis eminii: A Key Dietary Resource for Primates in the Tropical Rainforests of West Java, Indonesia by Mohamad Isnin Noer, Alvita Dwi Lestari, Kiky Ramadhini, Priya Yuga Prasetya, Agung Sedayu, Ratna Komala

“…Other vertebrates, such as squirrels and birds, are occasional visitors with minimal fruit consumption. …”
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Effect of Rising Temperature on Lyme Disease: Ixodes scapularis Population Dynamics and Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission and Prevalence by Dorothy Wallace, Vardayani Ratti, Anita Kodali, Jonathan M. Winter, Matthew P. Ayres, Jonathan W. Chipman, Carissa F. Aoki, Erich C. Osterberg, Clara Silvanic, Trevor F. Partridge, Mariana J. Webb

“…In addition, there could be an increased risk of disease export because of infected mobile hosts, usually birds. A temperature-driven seasonal model of Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) transmission among four host types is constructed as a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. …”
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Digit ratio in the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Mesobatrachia: Pelobatidae): patterns and correlations by M. Frątczak, M. Kaczmarski, Ł. Jankowiak, J. Klessa, K. Bielicki, B. Lyskov, P. Tryjanowski

“…While DR patterns often display a sex bias, they vary among taxa: in most mammals and tailed amphibians, females exhibit higher 2D:4D ratio than males, whereas in birds and reptiles, the trend is reversed. However, data on DR in Anuran amphibians remains limited, particularly within the Mesobatrachia, a relatively primitive group. …”
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Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization with Integrated Fireworks Algorithm and Size Double Archiving by Yansong Zhang, Yanmin Liu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Qian Song, Aijia Ouyang, Jie Yang

“…Abstract The multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) is an optimization technique that mimics the foraging behavior of birds to solve difficult optimization problems. MOPSO is well known for its strong global search capability, which efficiently locates solutions that are close to the global optimum across a wide search domain. …”
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Biodiversity indicators for breeding passerines in a multiple-cuckoo system in China: A comparison of cuckoos and raptors by Sidan Lin, Wei Liang

“…Selecting the indicator is context-dependent, with cuckoos being suitable for routine surveys, monitoring overall avian diversity, and raptors being suitable for assessing the status of endangered birds, conducting conservation measures, and measuring their effectiveness. …”
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Research on Airport Target Recognition under Low-Visibility Condition Based on Transfer Learning by Jiajun Li, Yongzhong Wang, Yuexin Qian, Tianyi Xu, Kaiwen Wang, Liancheng Wan

“…From the perspective of transfer learning, this paper will explore the identification of all targets (mainly including aircraft, humans, ground vehicles, hangars, and birds) in the airport field under low-visibility conditions (caused by bad weather such as fog, rain, and snow). …”
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