Intra-Amnionic Threonine Administered to Chicken Embryos Reduces Salmonella Enteritidis Cecal Counts and Improves Posthatch Intestinal Development by Alexandre L. de B. Moreira Filho, Celso J. B. Oliveira, Oliveiro C. Freitas Neto, Candice M. C. G. de Leon, Mauro M. S. Saraiva, Maria F. S. Andrade, Bryan White, Patrícia E. N. Givisiez

“…At 2 days of age, half of the birds from each in ovo treatment were given either 0.5 mL of nutrient broth (sham-inoculated) or nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella Enteritidis (SE NalR) in nutrient broth (8.3 × 107 colony forming units (CFU) SE NalR/mL). …”
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Evidence that flocking behavior is rewarded by singing, flock mates, and mu opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens. by Alyse N Maksimoski, Taviah A Levenson, Changjiu Zhao, Lauren V Riters

“…The goal of this study was to begin to test this hypothesis. We found that birds that sang full songs developed stronger conditioned place preferences than non-singing birds for places associated with flock mates, indicating that singers find the presence of flock mates to be rewarding. …”
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The impact of war on animal welfare: the Imperial Japanese Navy’s manipulation of pigeon behavior in WW II by Cheng Peng, Zi-qi Luo, Lin-hui Guo, Yi-fei Zhu

“…To enable pigeons to support communications aboard moving warships, the IJN exposed these land-dwelling birds to maritime environments, training them to endure challenging conditions such as inclement weather, extreme temperatures, long-distance sea flights, and night-time navigation. …”
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Proximate Analysis of Poultry-Mix Formed Feed Using Maize Bran as a Base by Solagbade Saheed Afolabi, John Oluwafemi Oyeyode, Wasswa Shafik, Zubair. A. Sunusi, Adegoke Abdullahi Adeyemi

“…This work investigates the appropriate poultry mix for birds breed for meat and egg. Thirty grammes of proteinous feedstock were weighed and homogeneously combined with 70 grammes of maize bran. …”
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Farmers’ Perception on the Welfare of Broiler Chickens in Smallholder Production Systems in Kiambu County, Kenya by Achikule A. Yensuk, Joyce G. Maina, Paul N. Mbugua

“…Due to this increase in demand, broiler chicken production is increasingly becoming intensive where chickens are overstocked in deep litter systems subjecting the birds to suffering perpetuated through burns on their shanks and breasts with constant footpad lesions, thus compromising their welfare. …”
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Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the jejunum revealed the effects and mechanism of protocatechuic acid on alleviating Salmonella typhimurium infection in chickens by Sheng Zhang, Qin Wang, Xiangtian Yao, Jingjing Dong, Guanhuo Li, Yingan Zang, Shouqun Jiang, Yibing Wang

“…On 14 and 16 d, birds in Sal and PA were orally challenged with 109 CFU S. typhimurium, while birds in Ctr received an equal amount of PBS. …”
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The Canada Goose in Florida by Adam S. Willcox, William M. Giuliano

“…Giuliano, provides information on identification and biology, food and nesting habitat, distribution and migration, conservation, and control of these large protected migratory birds. Includes references for further information. …”
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Sonic hedgehog and fibroblast growth factor 8 regulate the evolution of amniote facial proportions by Marta Marchini, Greta Keller, Naaz Khan, Rushabh Shah, Adriana Saliceti Galarza, Katherine B. Starr, Alexandra Apostopoulos, Thomas J. Sanger

“…By investigating facial morphogenesis in the lizard, Anolis sagrei, we show that reptilian skull development is driven by the same genes as mammals and birds, but the manner in which those genes regulate facial development is clade-specific. …”
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Hooded crows (Corvus cornix) manufacture objects relative to a mental template by Anna A. Smirnova, Leia R. Bulgakova, Maria A. Cheplakova, Sarah A. Jelbert

“…All three crows ripped paper pieces from the same colour material as the rewarded template, and, crucially, also manufactured objects that were more similar in size to previously rewarded, than unrewarded, templates, despite the birds being rewarded at random in both tests. Therefore, we found the ability to manufacture physical objects relative to a mental template in yet another bird species not specialized in using or making foraging tools in the wild, but with a high level of brain and cognitive development.…”
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Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Alters Oxidative Stability and Alleviates Plasma Cholesterol Content in Meat of Broiler Chickens by Suriya Kumari Ramiah, Goh Yong Meng, Mahdi Ebrahimi

“…The total CLA increased significantly (P<0.05) in breast meat from birds supplemented with CLA. Propensity for lipid peroxidation was significantly higher after 6 days of meat storage (P<0.05) and the redness in chicken breast meat was lower in CLA-fed birds (P<0.05). …”
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Immunoprotective Effect of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) and Glucomannan on T-2 Toxin-Induced Immunodepression in Poultry by T. Ramasamy, C. Varshneya, V. C. Katoch

“…T-2 toxin was produced in the laboratory by growing Fusarium sporotrichioides MTCC 2081 on wheat. T-2 toxin was fed to birds at 1 ppm level of the diet. The powdered seabuckthorn berries were added at 400 and 800 ppm levels, and glucomannan added at 1 g/kg of feed. …”
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Effect of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Drinking Water on Growth Rate, Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Histology of Broilers by Arkan B. Mohammed, Oday K. Hamad, Thamer A. Khttab

“…The study objectives were to evaluate effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on growth rate, gut histomorphology, and physiological parameters of broilers. A total 360 birds were randomly assigned into five groups (n = 72 birds per group; four replicates per group n = 18), the control group drink water without nano zinc, and ZnO NP groups added 6, 8, 10, and 12 mg/liter to drinking water. …”
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Delta opioid receptors affect acoustic features of song during vocal learning in zebra finches by Utkarsha A. Singh, Soumya Iyengar

“…Interestingly, compared with controls, naltrindole-treated birds had higher numbers of DARPP-32-positive medium spiny neurons and potentially excitatory synapses in Area X. …”
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The Canada Goose in Florida by Adam S. Willcox, William M. Giuliano

“…Giuliano, provides information on identification and biology, food and nesting habitat, distribution and migration, conservation, and control of these large protected migratory birds. Includes references for further information. …”
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Operant Discriminative Learning and Evidence of Subtelencephalic Plastic Changes After Long-Term Detelencephalation in Pigeons by S. M. Cerutti, S. Diaz-Cintra, L. Cintra, E. A. M. Ferrari

“…Experiment II analyzed the morphology of the nucleus rotundus and optic tectum in long-term detelencephalated and control birds, using a Klüver-Barrera staining and image analyzer system. …”
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Isolation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus from Saker Falcons (Falco cherrug) in the Middle East by Henju Marjuki, Ulrich Wernery, Hui-Ling Yen, John Franks, Patrick Seiler, David Walker, Scott Krauss, Robert G. Webster

“…There is accumulating evidence that birds of prey are susceptible to fatal infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus. …”
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Do domestic budgerigars perceive predation risk? by Chang Wang, Xueqi Zhao, Baodan Tao, Jiaqi Peng, Haitao Wang, Jiangping Yu, Longru Jin

“…Abstract Predation risk may affect the foraging behavior of birds. However, there has been little research on the ability of domestic birds to perceive predation risk and thus adjust their feeding behavior. …”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION OF TURKEYS WITH A/DUCK/ALTAI/469/14 H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS by V. Yu. Sosipatorova, D. A. Altunin, I. A. Chvala, N. S. Mudrak, D. B. Andreychuk

“…The characteristics of the infection process in birds inoculated intranasally at a dose of 5.0 lg EID50/0.5 cm3 are described with an indication of the incubation period and the mean time of death. …”
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Available phosphorus from phosphate extracted from swine wastewater for poultry by Fernando de Castro Tavernari, Airton Kunz, Vivian Feddern, Ricardo Steinmetz, Paola de Azevedo Mello, Valderi Luiz Dressler

“…At 14 days, 3 birds per experimental unit were slaughtered to evaluate tibia-breaking strength. …”
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Genetics and biological characteristics of duck reoviruses isolated from ducks and geese in China by Xiaohong Sun, Jing Guo, Jinyan Shen, Mengdi Guan, Lili Liu, Yujiao Xie, Hongke Xu, Mengjing Wang, Anran Ren, Wenxi Li, Feng Cong, Xuyong Li

“…However, the evolution of circulating duck reoviruses and their replication and pathogenicity in domestic birds have not been fully investigated. In this study, we identified and isolated six duck reoviruses from clinical samples of sick or deceased farmed ducks and geese and sequenced their full genomes. …”
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