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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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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A daily rhythm of cell proliferation in a songbird brain by Vladimira Hodova, Valentina Maresova, Rebecca Radic, Lubica Kubikova

“…Here, we studied whether proliferation and apoptosis exhibit a daily rhythm in the brain of the diurnal songbird zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) and whether the cell proliferation peaks during the dark phase of the day, as in rodents. We injected the birds with the cell proliferation marker 5-ethynyl-2´-deoxyuridine (EdU; thymidine analog), quantified the number of dividing cells in the neurogenic ventricular zone (VZ), and measured mRNA expression of clock genes as well as genes indicating cell proliferation or apoptosis. …”
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Feeding of dried sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel on humoral immune response of broiler chickens by Z. Pourhossein, A. Qotbi, A. Seidavi, V. Laudadio, D. Mazzei, V. Tufarelli

“…Conclusion The findings suggested that the dietary inclusion of dried Citrus sinensis promoted some effects on the immune humoral response of chickens; however, these effects were not completely effective to protect birds from the main diseases.…”
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Deltacoronavirus HKU11, HKU13, PDCoV (HKU15) and HKU17 spike pseudoviruses enter avian DF-1 cells via clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a Rab5-, Rab7- and pH-dependent manner by Qi-Zhang Liang, Chun-Miao Ji, Bin Wang, Wei Chen, Feng Cong, Yu Huang, Yao-Wei Huang

“…Abstract Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), also known as HKU15, is a swine enteropathogenic virus that is believed to have originated in birds. PDCoV belongs to the genus Deltacoronavirus (DCoV), the members of which have mostly been identified in diverse avian species. …”
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Migration strategy and constraint in migration behavior vary among shorebird species with different life histories by Sarah J. Clements, Jason P. Loghry, Jennifer A. Linscott, Jorge Ruiz, Joe C. Gunn, Juan G. Navedo, Nathan R. Senner, Bart M. Ballard, Mitch D. Weegman

“…Understanding variation in migration strategy within and among species and individuals can be useful for understanding how birds navigate energetic trade‐offs and designing or modifying conservation plans meant to benefit multiple species and life histories. …”
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A Comprehensive Exploration of the Fatty Acids Profile, Cholesterol, and Tocopherols Levels in Liver from Laying Hens Fed Diets Containing Nonindustrial Hemp Seed by Youssef Rbah, Yassine Taaifi, Aymane Allay, Kamal Belhaj, Reda Melhaoui, Nadia Houmy, Abdessamad Ben Moumen, Embarek Azeroual, Mohamed Addi, Farid Mansouri, Hana Serghini-Caid, Ahmed Elamrani

“…The hens are randomly allocated into four treatment groups, each subdivided into six replicates with five birds in each replicate. The dietary treatments consist of 0% HS (control), 10% HS, 20% HS, and 30% HS. …”
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Multimodal lung cancer theranostics via manganese phosphate/quercetin particle by Chong Qiu, Fei Xia, Qingchao Tu, Huan Tang, Yinan Liu, Hongda Liu, Chen Wang, HaiLu Yao, Linying Zhong, Yuanfeng Fu, Pengbo Guo, Weiqi Chen, Xinyu Zhou, Li Zou, Licheng Gan, Jiawei Yan, Yichong Hou, Junzhe Zhang, Huanhuan Pang, Yuqing Meng, Qiaoli Shi, Guang Han, Xijun Wang, Jigang Wang

“…In vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that AHA@MnP/QCT NPs enabled non-invasive imaging and tumor treatment, which presented a one-stone-for-two-birds strategy for combining tumor diagnosis and treatment, with broad potential for clinical application in non-small cell lung cancer therapy. …”
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Camel tick species distribution in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates using MaxEnt modelling by Nighat Perveen, Sabir B. Muzaffar, Areej Jaradat, Olivier A. Sparagano, Arve L. Willingham, Ala Tabor

“…Ticks are important vectors and reservoirs of pathogens causing zoonotic diseases in camels and other livestock, rodents and other small mammals, birds and humans. Hyalomma dromedarii is the most abundant tick species in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) affecting primarily camels, and to a lesser extent, other livestock. …”
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Known and novel parvoviruses identified in domestic pigeons by Ewa Łukaszuk, Daria Dziewulska, Anthony Khalifeh, Joy M. Custer, Simona Kraberger, Arvind Varsani, Tomasz Stenzel

“…Our intention was to determine a connection between the presence of the virus and the occurrence of clinical signs in sampled birds. The results of quantitative analysis indicate no direct association of parvoviruses with the manifestation of enteric disease in pigeons. …”
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A Nonsynonymous Single-nucleotide Polymorphism in SLC24A5 Regulates Feather Pigment Deposition in Chinese Yellow Quail by Xiaohui Zhang, Fanghu Wu, Yanxia Qi, Yuanyuan Shang, Lingyun Fan, Yifei Wang

“…Plumage color in birds is determined by melanin, whose synthesis and transport are affected by many genes, including specific solute carriers (SLCs). …”
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Ecological drivers of evolution of swine influenza in the United States: a review by Varun Goel, Jessica Ding, Bijaya Hatuwal, Emily Giri, Thomas J. Deliberto, James Lowe, Richard Webby, Michael Emch, Xiu-Feng Wan

“…Additionally, interactions at various interfaces, such as between commercial swine and feral swine, humans, or wild birds contribute to the increase in genetic diversity of swine IAVs. …”
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What ‘unexplored’ means: mapping regions with digitized natural history records to look for ‘biodiversity blindspots’ by Laymon Ball, Sheila Rodríguez-Machado, Diego Paredes-Burneo, Samantha Rutledge, David A. Boyd, David Vander Pluym, Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Austin S. Chipps, Rafet Ç. Öztürk, Yahya Terzi, Prosanta Chakrabarty

“…We examined global records of accessible natural history voucher collections (with publicly available data and reliable locality data) for terrestrial and freshwater vascular plants, fungi, freshwater fishes, birds, mammals, and herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) and highlight areas of the world that would be considered undersampled and sometimes called ‘unexplored’ (i.e., have relatively low, or no evidence of, past sampling efforts) under typical Western-scientific descriptions. …”
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Prospects of betulin application in broiler farming by M. V. Novikova, I. A. Lebedeva, L. I. Drozdova, A. V. Byuler

“…The tests were carried out on Ross-308 cross-breed broiler chickens within the production cycle at one of the poultry farms of the Sverdlovsk Oblast. Birds of the experimental group received compound feed supplemented with dry betulin at 2.5 mg/kg of live weight from day 21 to day 35 of growing. …”
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