Organic minerals restore the acid-base and electrolyte balance in broiler chicks with nutritionally induced metabolic acidosis by L.M. Macalintal, A.J. Pescatore, T. Ao, M.J. Ford, K.A. Dawson

“…This experiment, which used one-day-old male broiler chicks, featured a factorial treatment structure with four treatments using 12 replicate pens (22 chicks/pen), each arranged in a randomised complete block design. …”
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RNA-Seq-Based Gene Expression Pattern and Morphological Alterations in Chick Thymus during Postnatal Development by Zhouyiyuan Xue, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Xing Zhao, Kun Zang, Yu Liang, Lei Cui, Yafang Hu, Ranran Cheng, Xiaolong Zhang, Juming Zhong, Huazhen Liu

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Wet Feeding Promotes Growth without Affecting Hypothalamic Peptide Gene Expression in Growing Broiler Chicks by Tomoya Matsunami, Yuhui Zhang, Yuji Taniguchi, Sei-ichi Hinomoto, Takaoki Saneyasu, Hiroshi Kamisoyama, Kazuhisa Honda

“…This study clarified whether wet feeding affects appetite, osmolality, and stress-related gene expression in the hypothalami of chicks. In Experiment 1, the effects of different wet feed percentages on the growth of broiler chicks were examined. …”
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Effect of hen age on egg quality, hatching performance and chick quality in chukar partridges (alectoris chukar) by Mustafa Cam, Mahmut Samil Samli, Zahit Kutalmis Kaya, Halil Harman, Abdullah Bilir, Kemal Kirikci

“…After hatching, unhatched eggs were broken to determine hatching performance and embryonic mortality. Hatched day-old chicks were scored to determine chick quality characteristics.…”
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Immunomodulatory and growth-promoting effects of Rauwolfia serpentina root powder in broiler chicks challenged with Salmonella Gallinarum by Yingyu Zhang, Hiba Rehman, Farina Khattak, Maryam Tariq, Bushra Nisar Khan, Sadia Chaman, Ayaesha Riaz, Muhammad Ovais Omer, Aqib Ali, Qamar un Nisa, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Gulbeena Saleem

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Effect of innate and induced immunity on infectious bursal disease pathogenesis by A. N. Semina

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Chick Early Amniotic Fluid Alleviates Dextran-Sulfate-Sodium-Induced Colitis in Mice via T-Cell Receptor Pathway by Fan Chen, Yining Zhao, Yanfa Dai, Ning Sun, Xuezheng Gao, Jiajun Yin, Zhenhe Zhou, Ke-jia Wu

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Ontogeny and function of the intestinal epithelial and innate immune cells during early development of chicks: to explore in ovo immunomodulatory nutrition by Habtamu Ayalew, Changchun Xu, Assefa Adane, Astrid Lissette Barreto Sanchez, Siman Li, Jing Wang, Shugeng Wu, Kai Qiu, Guanghai Qi, Haijun Zhang

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Effects of the in ovo injection of an Escherichia coli vaccine on the hatchability and subsequent early post hatch characteristics of commercial layer chicks by K.E.C. Elliott, L.L. Lindsey, J.D. Evans, S.A. Leigh, K.J. Robinson, S.A. Fatemi, A. Mousstaaid, P.D. Gerard, J. L Purswell, E.D. Peebles

“…Chick length was significantly (P = 0.045) different between treatments, with the chicks in the full dose treatment having a shorter body length than the chicks in the 2 control groups. …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Four Organic Acids Used in Chicks Feed to Control Salmonella typhimurium: Suggestion of Amendment in the Search Standard by Aicha El Baaboua, Mohamed El Maadoudi, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Omar Belmehdi, Ayoub Kounnoun, Rajae Zahli, Jamal Abrini

“…The effect of four organic acids on Salmonella typhimurium was tested in vitro and in the presence of chick’s organs at different concentrations set of strain and organic acids tested. …”
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A Modified Quadrature Birdcage Coil Incorporated With a Curved Feature for <italic>In Ovo</italic> MR Imaging by Chang-Hoon Choi, Maximilian Bruch, Suk-Min Hong, Sandra Krause, Carina Stegmayr, Stefan Schwan, Wieland A. Worthoff, Jorg Felder, N. Jon Shah

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Comparison of various feed additives on nutrient digestibility, digestive enzyme activity, blood metabolite levels, and gut microbiota composition in japanese quail chicks by Hassan Saleh, Omid Jangjou, Mohammad Taher Mirakzehi, Seyedeh Hamideh Hosseni

“…Furthermore, these additives demonstrate potential as alternatives to antibiotics in the diet of in Japanese quail chicks.…”
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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ameliorated the negative effects of a low-protein diet on growth performance, antioxidant capacity, immune status, and gut microbiota of laying chicks by Lele Hou, Huiling Qiu, Jihong Dong, Huawei Liu, Shansong Gao, Fu Chen

“…A total of 180 one-day-old healthy Hy-line brown laying chicks were randomly divided into three groups with three replicates each of 20 chicks. …”
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CpG-ODN Induces a Dose-Dependent Enrichment of Immunological Niches in the Spleen and Lungs of Neonatal Chicks That Correlates with the Protective Immunity against Escherichia coli by Thushari Gunawardana, Khawaja Ashfaque Ahmed, Kalhari Goonewardene, Shelly Popowich, Shanika Kurukulasuriya, Ruwani Karunarathana, Lisanework E. Ayalew, Ashish Gupta, Betty Lockerbie, Marianna Foldvari, Suresh K. Tikoo, Philip Willson, Susantha Gomis

“…Four days after the CpG-ODN treatment (1-day after hatch), chicks were challenged with a virulent strain of E. coli (1×104 or 1×105 cfu, subcutaneously). …”
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Embryonic heat conditioning induces paternal heredity of immunological cross- tolerance: coordinative role of CpG DNA methylation and miR-200a regulation by Padma Malini Ravi, Tatiana Kisliouk, Shelly Druyan, Amit Haron, Mark A. Cline, Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Noam Meiri

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Alleviating heat stress on broiler breeder hens: Effect of dietary antioxidant supplementation on reproductive performance, egg quality, offspring growth, and antioxidant capacity by Phocharapon Pasri, Chayanan Pukkung, Pascal Mermillod, Nadine Gérard, Orapin Jantasaeng, Merisa Sirisopapong, Supattra Okrathok, Thanatat Thiabching, Sitthipong Rakngam, Kanokwan Kamkajon, Yongcai Zhu, Sutisa Khempaka

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Relationship between in ovo feeding and eggshell temperature of breeder eggs during incubation by Maxwell Ansong Okai, Maxwell Ansong Okai, Francis Kruenti, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Kokou Tona, Lin Hai

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Corrigendum to “Determination of optimal dietary calcium levels under different sources of zinc in Jing tint 6 layer chicks from 15 to 42 d of age” [Poultry Science volume 103 (2024) /104192] by Chengyan Gong, Hongpeng Shi, Shuan Liu, Xinyi Gao, Shoujun Zhang, Hao Liu, Xin Liu, Rui Li, Dan Wan

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Selenium–Chondroitin Sulfate Nanoparticles Inhibit Angiogenesis by Regulating the VEGFR2-Mediated PI3K/Akt Pathway by Xia Zheng, Xiaofei Liu, Zhuo Wang, Rui Li, Qiaoli Zhao, Bingbing Song, Kit-Leong Cheong, Jianping Chen, Saiyi Zhong

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The haematological influences of seaweed extract on growing japanese quails by Ercan Keskin, Zafer Durgun, Mehmet Kocabatmaz

“…In this study we attemted to investigate the effect of seaweed extract (Maxicrop) added at different levels to rations of growing quail chicks. Eighty, one day old Japanese quail chicks were used in this experiment They were randomly distributed in four groups, each including 20 chicks. …”
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