A GIS-based Study of Wild Atlantic Way in the West of Ireland: Its Associated Organisations and Environmental impacts. by Leanne Leonard

“…The West of Ireland is home to a range of areas protected by the Birds and Habitats Directives which aim to safeguard against potentially damaging developments, meaning the anthropogenic effects from tourists must be carefully managed to ensure the sustainability of the region and continued success of this large-scale branding exercise. …”
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Mia Couto and the enchantment of rain by Myrtle J. Hooper, Isabel B. Rawlins

“…Ashcroft says Couto’s vision as a writer is to ‘give back to the word its divine power … the power to enchant things, be these trees, birds, or landscapes’. Samuelson too claims that Couto’s stories ‘invoke an enlivening ecocritical method’ that draws readers into a ‘sacred web’, an ‘indivisible body, an ‘interconnected world’. …”
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PAIVS: prediction of avian influenza virus subtype by Hyeon-Chun Park, Juyoun Shin, Sung-Min Cho, Shinseok Kang, Yeun-Jun Chung, Seung-Hyun Jung

“…Although most of the avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are of low pathogenicity and cause mild infections in birds, some subtypes including hemagglutinin H5 and H7 subtype cause HPAI. …”
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Characteristics of chicken production systems in rural Burkina Faso: A focus on One Health related practices and food security. by Michel Dione, Guy Ilboudo, Abdoul Aziz Ouedraogo, Sidonie Aristide Ima, Brice Ouedraogo, Theodore Knight-Jones, Assèta Kagambèga, Robyn Alders

“…The chicken management system is mainly extensive scavenging, with most farmers (81.4%) keeping 5 to 50 birds with little or no supplementary feeding and rudimentary housing. …”
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The relationship between perception and landscape characteristics of recreational places with human mental well-being by Janina Vanhöfen, Talia Härtel, Giovanna Reichert, Christoph Randler

“…A strong perception of birds enhances the mental well-being of greenspace visitors (p < 0.001), while a high birding specialization negatively affects recalled restoration (p = 0.014). …”
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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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Design and Aerodynamic Analysis of a Flapping Mechanism for Foldable Biomimetic Aircraft by Shuai Yan, Yongjun Zhou, Shuxia Jiang, Hao Xue, Pengcheng Guo

“…This study investigates the unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms underlying the efficient flight of birds and proposes a biomimetic flapping-wing aircraft design utilizing a double-crank double-rocker mechanism. …”
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Potency of agricultural wastes in mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju) biotechnology for feeding broiler chicks (Arbor acre) by Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Isaac Oluseun Adejumo

“…Results Feed intake was lower for birds fed diets containing ogi production wastes and mycomeat produced from ogi production wastes using a mutant strain of P. sajor-caju. …”
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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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Effects of Local Chicken Strain and Phytobiotics Supplementation on Body Weight and the Percentage of Lymphoid Organ Weight by Ismoyowati, Tugiyanti Elly, Suswoyo Imam, Darmanto Agus, Agus Santosa Setya

“…The purpose of this study was to ascertain how the strain of local chickens and phytobiotics interacted with body weight and the percentage of weight in lymphoid organs. A total of 480 birds, comprising Kampung chicken, Kampung unggul Balitbangtan (KUB) chicken, and Kedu chickens, made up the research material. …”
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Awifauna wodno-błotna środkowej Wisły w okresie lęgowym: wpływ działalności człowieka na rozmieszczenie, liczebność i bogactwo gatunkowe by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…The inventory of birds was conducted in the years 2005-2010 on the Vistula River section between Dęblin (388 km of the river) and Podwierzbie (435 km of the river). …”
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Expression profiles of long and short RNA s in the cytoplasm and nuclei of growing chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) oocytes by A. V. Krasikova, A. V. Fedorov

“…Essential stages of transcriptome analysis include adaptation of RNA extraction procedures and characterization of the RNA expression profile. Ovaries of domestic birds represent an adequate model for exploration of RNA accumulation during oogenesis. …”
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Estimation of Optimal and Maximum Standardized Ileal Digestible Methionine Requirements Based on Performance for Male Broilers Aged 0 to 21 Days by Su-Hyun An, Changsu Kong

“…A total of 720 and 288 birds were allocated to Experiments 1 and 2, respectively, and assigned six dietary treatments in a randomized complete block design. …”
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Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir by Nermin Şarlak, Abdullah Muratoğlu, Şahnaz Tiğrek

“…The reservoir has been a feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and some other living ecosystems for many years. …”
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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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Influence of bovine blood serum on growth properties of nutrient media for <i>Mycoplasma gallisepticum</i> and <i>Mycoplasma synoviae</i> cultivation by D. A. Kozlov, M. S. Volkov, T. Yu. Chernyayeva, M. I. Sorokina, V. N. Irza

“…It has been shown that a cell-free nutrient medium supplemented with the porcine blood serum is optimal for the cultivation of pathogenic mycoplasma species causing infectious diseases in birds. The hemagglutinating activity of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum culture reached 5 HAU log2 after 72 hours of cultivation, the agglutinating activity of Mycoplasma synoviae reached 5 AU log2  during the 88-hour incubation period, the concentration  of viable cells of both strains was 106 CFU/cm3. …”
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Acute impacts of biologging devices on the diving behaviour of Manx shearwaters by Manon Clairbaux, Jamie H. Darby, Emma Caulfield, Mark J. Jessopp

“…The number of dives performed per hour of foraging trip was not affected by increasing tag weight, but individuals with the heaviest tags conducted shorter and shallower dives with slower ascent rates than those equipped with lighter tags. Additionally, birds equipped with the heaviest tags increased resting time between dives, suggesting a need to recover from a greater physiological cost of diving when equipped. …”
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Effects of Salmonella Typhimurium infection on intestinal flora and intestinal tissue arachidonic acid metabolism in Wenchang chickens by Shenghong Chen, Yaochen Xie, Dingqian Guo, Tiansen Li, Zhen Tan, Xuhua Ran, Xiaobo Wen

“…Salmonella infections can lead to intestinal inflammation and metabolic disorders in birds. However, whether arachidonic acid (ARA) metabolism is involved in Salmonella-induced intestinal inflammation remains unclear. …”
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The First Record of an Aggressive Form of Ocular Tumour Enhanced by Marek’s Disease Virus Infection in Layer Flock in Al-Najaf, Iraq by Aoula Al-Zebeeby, Ali Hadi Abbas, Haider Abas Alsaegh, Furkan Sabbar Alaraji

“…Marek’s disease (MD) is a highly infectious poultry illness with a tendency to form tumours in peripheral nerves and internal organs of affected birds. Tumours accompany MD, mostly caused by oncogenic Gallid alpha herpesvirus 2 (MD Herpes virus serotype I). …”
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Rapid detection of FAdV-4 by one-tube RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay by Lei Ma, Xueping Wang, Mingliang Zhang, Mengjie Zhu

“…It primarily infects poultry and wild birds, leading to avian inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS). …”
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