University of Delaware researchers have discovered that lipoprotein lipase, an enzyme crucial for fat metabolism, may be contributing to wooden breast syndrome in broiler chickens.
Veterinary medicine
Nov 21, 2019
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A new study examines the historical and genetic origins of the White Plymouth Rock chicken, an important contributor to today's meat chickens (broilers). Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden, The Livestock Conservancy ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2019
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When animal welfare campaigner Ruth Harrison published a book in 1964 called Animal Machines, there was a public outcry. Her vivid descriptions of post-war intensive farming started a discussion about animal welfare that ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2019
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A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.K. and one in South Africa has come to the conclusion that the broiler chicken offers perhaps the most striking evidence of the rise of the Anthropocene. In their paper ...
In the largest metagenomics study of production animals to date, the Technical University of Denmark has found more antimicrobial resistance in pigs than in broiler chickens, but a greater diversity of resistance genes in ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2018
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A new test developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in College Station, Texas, could make it easier to breed pathogen-resistant chickens.
Other
Oct 31, 2017
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Wageningen UR Livestock Research conducted a doses-response study to determine the available P (aP) requirement of Ross 308 male broilers. Birds received diets with varying aP contents in the range of 75% to 137.5% of the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Arkansas have identified a species of bacteria that had never before been associated with lameness in broiler chickens, bringing scientists closer to finding a way to prevent infections.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 22, 2015
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Innovative feed additives can help drive efficient pig and broiler chicken production and might even help reduce emissions, say EU researchers.
Other
Oct 27, 2015
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A group at the John Innes Centre has developed peas that will help animals absorb more protein from their diet. The study is published in PLOS ONE today.
Biotechnology
Aug 13, 2015
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