Initial studies show a fungus grown in the leftovers of ethanol production could be a good energy feed for pigs and chickens.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 14, 2012
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Chickens can’t speak, but they can definitely make themselves heard. Most people who have visited a poultry farm will recall chicken vocalization – the technical term for clucking and squawking – as a memorable ...
Other
May 18, 2012
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The domestication of chickens has given rise to rapid and extensive changes in genome function. A research team at Linköping University in Sweden has established that the changes are heritable, although they do not affect ...
Biotechnology
Feb 29, 2012
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A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the January issue of the ...
Other
Feb 2, 2012
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2012
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The genetic changes underlying the evolution of new species are still poorly understood. For instance, we know little about critical changes that have happened during human evolution. Genetic studies in domestic animals can ...
Biotechnology
Dec 22, 2011
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Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), among others, have taken the first step in developing a new type of vaccine to protect chickens against coccidiosis, the most important ...
Biotechnology
Oct 13, 2011
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New research finds that even though hens aren't terribly picky about their mates, they are picky about whose sperm makes it to the egg.
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2011
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In a scientific advance literally plucked from the waste heap, scientists today described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste chicken feathers produced each year to make one of the more important kinds ...
Materials Science
Mar 31, 2011
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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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