Paraguay confirms bird flu cases
Cases of bird flu have been detected in backyard chickens in Paraguay, authorities said Saturday.
Cases of bird flu have been detected in backyard chickens in Paraguay, authorities said Saturday.
Veterinary medicine
May 21, 2023
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Authorities in northern Germany have killed 16,000 turkeys and ordered 92,000 chickens slaughtered after detecting an outbreak of bird flu.
Ecology
Nov 24, 2016
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In the fight to improve global health, alleviate hunger, raise living standards and empower women in the developing world, chickens have an important role to play.
Other
Jul 20, 2011
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Broiler chicken producers the world over are all too familiar with coccidiosis, a parasite-borne intestinal disease that stalls growth and winnows flocks. Various approaches, developed over decades, have been used to control ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2020
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USC postdoctoral researcher Xi Chen knows that you have to break a few eggs in order to grow chicken stem cells. His work on maintaining embryonic stem cells (ESC) from chicken eggs provides insight into stem cell pluripotency ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2021
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Bird flu could cost nearly $1 billion in the economies of the two states hardest hit, Minnesota and Iowa, agricultural economists said Monday, and the virus is still spreading.
Other
May 18, 2015
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The dubious winners of the agricultural revolution, by sheer numbers, are obvious. Living in the world today are 30 billion chickens, 1 billion cows and almost 800 million pigs.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 29, 2023
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A study of the welfare of caged production hens has recommended chickens have access to a nest box to lay their eggs without being disturbed.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2012
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Wild birds come into contact with backyard chicken flocks more frequently than people realize, creating a pathway for pathogens to transmit back and forth, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Such pathways ...
Veterinary medicine
Sep 1, 2022
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Birds, such as the chicken, provide an excellent model for the study of many developmental processes, and remain one of the most commonly studied species in classical embryology. The earliest stages of avian embryonic development ...
Biotechnology
Jan 19, 2011
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