News tagged with egg production

How Wolbachia bacteria controls vectors of deadly diseases

Researchers at Boston University have made discoveries that provide the foundation towards novel approaches to control insects that transmit deadly diseases such as dengue fever and malaria through their study of the Wolbachia bacter ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes

Inhibiting a molecular process cells use to direct proteins to their proper destinations causes more than 90 percent of affected mosquitoes to die within 48 hours of blood feeding, a UA team of biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Bird flu outbreak hits Dutch chicken farm

Dutch authorities were slaughtering thousands of chickens at a poultry farm in central Netherlands after an outbreak of a bird flu variety there, an agriculture ministry spokesman said.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do steaks make you big?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adjusting the intake of high protein foods like meat, eggs and milk products could determine whether you become a rugby player or marathon runner and may help you lose weight, according to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Males more considerate than imagined

Male worms plug females after copulation as a form of 'gift', rather than to prevent them from mating again, as had previously been thought. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology found ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every egg is different

Migratory birds have to allocate their resources for reproduction in an efficient way in order to commence breeding shortly after arrival. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Commonly used atrazine herbicide adversely affects fish reproduction

Atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, has been shown to affect reproduction of fish, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study.

Biology / Ecology

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Egg Processing Plant Carts Can Harbor Bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plywood-shelved carts that are used to transport eggs into processing plants can harbor Enterobacteriaceae, according to a microbial survey conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swine flu detected in Chilean turkeys: vets

An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Landmark Study Finds Industrial Chicken Breeds Seriously Lack Genetic Diversity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial chicken breeds used to produce meat and eggs around the world have lost at least half of the genetic diversity once present among their ancestors, according to a study conducted by an international ...

Biology /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2