Avian neuroscientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture probing the neural pathways for stress response have identitifed a new structure of neurons in the poultry brain.
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2018
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Australians clearly care about animal welfare: our research has found 92% shoppers in Sydney considered animal welfare to be important.
Other
Oct 16, 2018
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Chicken farmers in the Philippines will soon test their birds for deadly pathogens with a new hand-held device and smartphone app they can use on their own farms.
Engineering
May 30, 2018
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The intensification of farming increases the risk and susceptibility of pigs and chickens getting production diseases. This makes animal husbandry practices less efficient, resulting in huge financial losses.
Environment
May 23, 2018
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Historically, keeping backyard chickens was a response to economic hardship—whether it was in the Depression or during wartime food rationing.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 2, 2018
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China has confirmed the first human case of H7N4 bird flu, prompting Hong Kong to issue a health warning for those travelling to the mainland during the busy Lunar New Year holiday.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2018
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In Georgia, poultry farming isn't just an industry.
Ecology
Feb 5, 2018
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While turkeys at Thanksgiving are an age-old custom, a new study shows that turkey excrement may have a future as a fuel for heat and electricity.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 20, 2017
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Tonnes of chicken muck contaminated with a banned insecticide are piling up in hundreds of Dutch poultry farms hit by the tainted-egg scandal, officials said Wednesday.
Environment
Oct 11, 2017
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The Philippines declared its first ever outbreak of the H5 strain of bird flu on Friday, but said there had been no cases of humans infected.
Ecology
Aug 11, 2017
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