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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Domestic chicken"”.
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Diet-induced thermogenesis in the domestic chicken
Four experiments were conducted to examine the energetic responses of chicks from lines divergently selected for 56-day body weight to caloric intake. Caloric overconsumption or calorie-protein imbalances were induced by providing glucose solutions (16% w/v) in lieu of water in the first …
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The ecology of chickens: an examination of the introduction of the domestic chicken across Europe after the Bronze Age.
The domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus, or chicken, features as an important part of human society, culture and subsistence, both now and in the past. Despite studies into the origins and spread of many of the other domestic animals, the origins and nature of spread of the chicken west and …
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Renal Regulation of Acid-Base Balance in Heat Stressed Chickens
… blood acid-base balance in the heat stressed domestic chicken.
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Hepatic Mineral, Heavy Metal, and Vitamin E Concentrations in Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from Pennsylvania, USA
… did not fall within the reference range for domestic chicken (Gallus gallus), with cadmium, calcium, iron, molybdenum, and zinc exceeding the upper reference range, and mean cobalt and vitamin E being lower than the reference range. Our report may be reflective of the greater wild turkey …
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Morphological Detection of Genetic Introgression in Red Junglefowl (Gallus Gallus)
… to be the primary wild ancestor of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Because they are common in much of the forested habitat of South and Southeast Asia, they have never been granted any formal conservation status. However, evidence suggests that genetic introgression from …
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Auditory and visual determinants of maternal preference in bobwhite quail neonates
… maternal call over a non-conspecific call (a domestic chicken maternal call) by 72 hrs following hatch, and do not respond to either the bobwhite call or chicken call by 96 hrs following hatch. However, differential responsiveness to the bobwhite call can be reinstated in bobwhite chicks at 72 …
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Acoustical analyses of chicken vocalizations
Vocalizations of the domestic chicken were recorded and analyzed by quantitative and qualitative methods in two experiments. In Experiment 1, recordings were made from males and females from two lines of White Leghorn chickens housed in individual battery cages. Five call types: crow, disturbance …
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The chick embryo amnion as an in vitro culture system for IVF and NT embryos
… culturing IVP bovine embryos in the amnion of a domestic chicken egg was tested. In Experiment I, by culturing IVP bovine embryos in the chick amnion (day 4 to 7 of incubation) it was discovered that there was no significant difference in blastocyst rates compared with controls. In Experiment II, …
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Genetics, behavior, and disease resistance in chickens
… physiology and disease resistance in the domestic fowl. The principle objective was to obtain insights into the mechanisms involved in the responses of the domestic chicken to various husbandry situations. A second objective was to determine the degree of generalization of inferences which …
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PCB Effects on Brain Type II 5'Deiodinase Activity in Developing Brids
… thyroid hormone supply during development in (1) domestic chicken embryos (Gallus domesticus) exposed to a specific dioxin-like PCB congener (PCB-126) and (2) herring gull (Larus argentatus) embryos and pre-fledglings from Great Lakes sites with different chemical pollutant exposures. …
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Finding balance in unequal relations: the burial of humans and animals in the Viking Age world
… species involved in funerary practices, while domestic chicken may represent a link between Sweden and the Rus’. Finally, both differences and analogies were detected between Scandinavia and the Rus’, prompting reflections on culture contact and suggesting caution when assessing the presence of …