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Characterization of Pituitary Protein Expression Patterns During Stages in the Reproductive Cycle of Turkey Hens
Improvements in turkey reproductive efficiency is a very desirable goal for the turkey industry. The ability to maintain turkey hens in the egg-laying (LAY) stage and produce one additional egg per hen a year is estimated to save the turkey industry approximately $1.5 million dollars per year. …
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The Effects of Beak Trimming and Claw Reduction on Growing and Early Laying Parameters, Fearfulness, and Heterophil to Lymphocyte Ratios
Commercial equipment used by the turkey industry at hatch sterilizes the germinal tissue of the claw with microwave energy and the beak tissue with infrared energy. This effectively claw and beak trims the birds. To test this technique on chickens, one-half of two strains of 1,200 Leghorn chicks …
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The Effect of Social Stress and Vitamin C on Immunity and Response to Hemorrhagic Enteritis Virus in Turkeys
… is perhaps the most commonly used vaccine in the turkey industry. Although it provides protection against clinical disease, the vaccine is still thought to produce transient immunosuppression. In the field, HE still remains a significant concern for turkey producers. Research conducted over the …
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The Mapping of Transcription Factor Binding Sites in the Turkey Prolactin Gene
… egg-laying during the incubation period of the turkey hen is a source of major economic loss to the turkey industry. In August of 2000 there were approximately 2.7 million turkey breeder hens in the United States. Since the value of one fertile turkey egg is $0.62, the loss of only one egg per …
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Differential gene expression and molecular mechanisms associated with development of pale, soft and exudative (PSE) turkey meat
The success of turkey breeding has coincided with an increased incidence of a meat quality defect known as pale, soft and exudative (PSE) meat. Application of molecular-based approaches such as genetic markers for animal selection or pathway intervention to prevent development of this meat defect …