Improved Chicken Reproduction and Yield of Improved Poultry from Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles Coated in Jimma Horro Area of Kellem Wollega Zone, Ethiopia by Soressa Shuma Abdisa, Jule Leta Tesfaye, Abel Saka, Abdisa Abraham, N. Nagaprasad, Lamessa Gudata, Krishnaraj Ramaswamy

“…The overall hatchability and mortality were 82.3 and 41.1, respectively. The lowest chick mortality (39.8) was observed in Tribe Kebele (highland), and the highest clutches per year (2.96) were observed compared to other Kebeles (mid-altitude and low land). …”
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Do Orientation-Based Differences in Nestbox Temperature Cause Differential Ectoparasite Load and Explain Patterns of Nest-Site Selection and Offspring Condition in Great Tits? by Anne E. Goodenough, Simon L. Elliot, Adam G. Hart

“…Similarly, there was no relationship between abundance of any ectoparasite species (either per-nest or per-chick) and avian offspring condition determined using wing length or relative mass. …”
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Indonesian and Egyptian EFL university students’ difficulties in reading comprehension by Intan Ummul Baiti, Eros Meilina Sofa

“…Thematic analysis by Barkhuizen, Benson, and Chick was used to analyze the data. The result of this study showed that there were several difficulties faced by the Indonesian and Egyptian EFL university students in reading comprehension. …”
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In Ovo Vaccination Technology: An Alternative Approach to Post-Hatch Vaccination in Modern Poultry Operations by Wafaa A. Abd El-Ghany

“…The best route of inoculation of the vaccine is in the amniotic fluid or in the embryo’s muscles, without causing any hatchability or chick quality losses. Accordingly, the inoculation site, the age of the embryos and breeders, presence of maternal antibodies, and the sanitation of equipment’s and the environment during the vaccination process affect the efficiency of the in ovo vaccination technique. …”
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Política industrial, antes y ahora by Victoria Chick

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Could Cells from Your Nose Fix Your Heart? Transplantation of Olfactory Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Cardiac Infarction by Cameron McDonald, Alan Mackay-Sim, Denis Crane, Wayne Murrell

“…Neural stem cells from the olfactory mucosa are multipotent, with the capacity to differentiate into developmental fates other than neurons and glia, with evidence of cardiomyocyte differentiation in vitro and after transplantation into the chick embryo. Olfactory stem cells were grown from rat olfactory mucosa. …”
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Response of Two Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Varieties to Rates of Blended Fertilizer and Row Spacing at Tselemti District, Northern Ethiopia by Tesfahun Mekuanint, Yemane Tsehaye, Yemane G. Egziabher

“…Effects of row spacing, blended fertilizer rates, and varieties on some agronomic traits of chickpea were evaluated with the objective of investigating response of Kabuli and Desi type chick pea varieties to blended fertilizers rates and interrow spacing. …”
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Andrographolide suppresses cervical cancer progression by targeting angiogenesis and inducing apoptosis in a CAM-PDX model by Wanwan Zou, Jun Lou, Yun Yi, Yiming Cui, Xiaoyan Chu

“…This study explores the therapeutic potential of andrographolide (AND), a bioactive compound derived from Andrographis paniculata, in mitigating cervical cancer progression using the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane patient-derived xenograft (CAM-PDX) model. …”
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Molecular-assisted analysis of indigenous chicken semen to increase rooster fertility in tropics by Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Richard Tsekumah, Amina Iddrisu, Stepehn Gariba, Mitchell Agyei Opoku, Emmanuel Kafari, Kofi Appenteng, Patrick Nana Kyere

“… Male fertility impacts greatly on hatchability and chick quality. The study assessed semen and sperm quality characteristics of indigenous chicken breeds. …”
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Proteomic and N-glycosylation analysis of fertile egg white during storage and incubation in chickens by Daqing Dai, Xiqiong Wang, Kexin Wu, Fangren Lan, Jiaming Jin, Wenxin Zhang, Chaoliang Wen, Junying Li, Ning Yang, Congjiao Sun

“…This study provides substantial insights into the physical and molecular compositional changes in egg whites under different storage times and revealed their potential effect on chick embryo development.…”
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White Kupang Flour (Corbula faba hinds), Fish Meal and Coconut Oil Usage on the Broilers Carcass Percentage and Abdominal Fat by Virgy Dzakina Fahrezy, Mirni Lamid, Setiawan Koesdarto, Emy Koestanti Sabdoningrum, Widya Paramita Lokapirnasari, Sunaryo Hadi Warsito

“…The study used DOC ( Day Old Chick ) with the strain Lohman MB 202 Platinum for 20 animals . …”
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Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long‐Lived Arctic Seabird by Marianne Gousy‐Leblanc, Allison Patterson, H. Grant Gilchrist, Vicki L. Friesen, Kyle H. Elliott

“…To examine whether thick‐billed murres showed complementary in foraging strategies, we attached GPS accelerometers to both partners within 40 thick‐billed murre chick‐rearing pairs. Individuals within a breeding pair were dissimilar in their foraging trip distance and in their number of dives during foraging trips compared to randomized pairs. …”
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In Vitro and In Ovo Evaluation of <i>Oenothera biennis</i> L. Oil as an Alternative Preservative for Oil-Based Products by Ramona Fecker, Ștefana Avram, Ileana Cocan, Ersilia Alexa, Larisa Bora, Daliana Minda, Ioana Zinuca Magyari-Pavel, Cristina Adriana Dehelean, Corina Danciu

“…Various methods were applied to assess oxidative stability by calculating the peroxide value, the <i>p</i>-anisidine value, and the total oxidation value, while biological safety was evaluated using the chick embryo’s chorioallantoic membrane and histological analysis. …”
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Optimization of Poultry Physiological Condition in the Post-Antibiotic Era through Nutritional Intervention – A Review by Sugiharto Sugiharto, Muhammad Asif Raza

“…Various factors can influence the effectiveness of nutritional interventions on the physiological conditions of poultry, such as the types of feed additives or active components, duration and method of administration, feed composition, environmental conditions during rearing, quality of day-old-chick, type and age of poultry, hygiene, infection, stress, and other related variables. …”
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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018 by Engy Ahmed Hamed, May Fathy Abdelaty, Hend Karam Sorour, Heba Roshdy, Mona Aly Abdelhalim AbdelRahman, Ola Magdy, Waleed Abdelfatah. Ibrahim, Ahmed Sayed, Hytham Mohamed, Mohammed Iraqi Youssef, Wafaa Mohamed Hassan, Heba Badr

“…A total of 657 different samples from internal organs (liver, heart, lung, and yolk) and paper-lining chick boxes were collected from native chicken farms which were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production in the period from 2014 to 2018 for the detection of Salmonella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), and Staphylococcus. …”
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The use of a percutaneous cystostomy tube as an adjunctive treatment option for dogs with idiopathic functional outflow tract obstruction by Zoe P. Greenfield, Allyson C. Berent, Chick W. Weisse

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Computational design, expression, and characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum multi-epitope, multi-stage vaccine candidate (PfCTMAG) by Joan A. Chick, Nadege N. Abongdia, Robert A. Shey, Tobias O. Apinjoh

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Categorization of early embryonic malformations in broilers by a new classification method combining light microscopy and high-resolution Episcopic Microscopy by Yuval Cinnamon, Natalia Slutsky, Maxim Quint, Olga Genin, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld

“…These early days are critical, as malformations acquired during this period may severely affect growth and development of both the embryo and the hatchling chick. However, understanding of the types and prevalence of early embryonic malformations in broiler eggs remains incomplete.Here we present a novel tool for categorizing abnormalities in 3-day-old broiler embryos through a standardized classification system. …”
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In ovo delivery of carvacrol triggers expression of chemotactic factors, antimicrobial peptides and pro-inflammatory pathways in the yolk sac of broiler chicken embryos by Mila M. Y. Meijer, Henry van den Brand, Shahram Niknafs, Eugeni Roura

“…While these responses may be associated with an inflammatory reaction to an exogenous threat, they could also indicate that in ovo delivery of carvacrol could prepare the newly hatched chick against bacterial pathogens by potentially promoting antimicrobial peptide production through activation of NOD-like receptor signaling in the yolk sac. …”
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Quantitative accuracy of preclinical in ovo PET/MRI: influence of attenuation and quantification methods by Theresa Balber, Katarína Benčurová, Manuela Mayrhofer, Joachim Friske, Martin Haas, Claudia Kuntner, Thomas H. Helbich, Marcus Hacker, Markus Mitterhauser, Ivo Rausch

“…Abstract Aim The combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an innovation leap in the use of fertilized chicken eggs (in ovo model) in preclinical imaging as PET/MRI enables the investigation of the chick embryonal organ-specific distribution of PET-tracers. …”
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