Black-tailed Mosquito Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Eva Buckner, Angelique Showman, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…Because adult female Culiseta melanura primarily take their blood meals from birds, they are responsible for transmitting eastern equine encephalitis virus between birds. …”
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Social context affects sequence modification learning in birdsong by Lioba Fortkord, Lena Veit

“…We targeted specific syllable sequences in adult birds’ songs with negative auditory feedback, which led the birds to reduce the targeted syllable sequence in favor of alternate sequences. …”
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Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the jejunum revealed the effects and mechanism of protocatechuic acid on alleviating Salmonella typhimurium infection in chickens by Sheng Zhang, Qin Wang, Xiangtian Yao, Jingjing Dong, Guanhuo Li, Yingan Zang, Shouqun Jiang, Yibing Wang

“…On 14 and 16 d, birds in Sal and PA were orally challenged with 109 CFU S. typhimurium, while birds in Ctr received an equal amount of PBS. …”
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Effect of fattening length, sex and feather colour on growth and fattening performance in native turkish geese by Mustafa Saatçi, Cavit Arslan, Yücel Ünal, Muammer Tilki, Ali Rıza Aksoy

“…Birds with wing tags were individually weighed and all the birds were weighted weekly according to their groups.…”
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Colonial breeding impacts potentially fitness-relevant cognitive processes in barn swallows by Angela Medina-García, Ellen Scherner, Molly T. McDermott, Mark E. Hauber, Rebecca J. Safran

“…Finally, birds that showed higher selective attention hatched more eggs and birds that returned to their nests more quickly after a predator intrusion had more nestlings. …”
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La subvalorada interacción entre aves no especializadas y flores by Rodrigo Medel, Natalia Ugas-Bravo, Daniela Torrejón-Riveros, Pilar Guerrero

“… Una revisión de Ollerton, J., 2024. Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship. …”
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Early Biomarkers for Detecting Subclinical Exposure to Fumonisin B1, Deoxynivalenol, and Zearalenone in Broiler Chickens by Laharika Kappari, Todd J. Applegate, Anthony E. Glenn, Abhijeet Bakre, Revathi Shanmugasundaram

“…On d21, T2 to T6 birds exhibited reduced serum phosphorus, glucose, and potassium, while total protein, FITC-d, AST, and CK levels increased compared to control (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza in Altaysky krai in 2014: causes and eradication by M. S. Volkov, A. V. Varkentin, V. N. Irza, A. S. Starova

“…Most of HPAI cases are associated with the periods of birds' migration to wintering and nesting areas. …”
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Northern Fowl Mite by Phillip E. Kaufman, Philip G. Koehler, Jerry F. Butler, Harvey L. Cromroy

“…This mite is found throughout many of the temperate regions of the world parasitizing domestic fowl and wild birds. It has been shown to cause economic damage on poultry farms by causing anemia, lower egg production and even death to birds. …”
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Northern Fowl Mite by Phillip E. Kaufman, Philip G. Koehler, Jerry F. Butler, Harvey L. Cromroy

“…This mite is found throughout many of the temperate regions of the world parasitizing domestic fowl and wild birds. It has been shown to cause economic damage on poultry farms by causing anemia, lower egg production and even death to birds. …”
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Small Flock Poultry Nutrition by Michael A. Davis

“…It also emphasizes the importance of providing suitable feeds to birds of different ages and discusses common feeding mistakes. …”
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Small Flock Poultry Nutrition by Michael A. Davis

“…It also emphasizes the importance of providing suitable feeds to birds of different ages and discusses common feeding mistakes. …”
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Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus: Molecular Detection in Southwestern Ethiopia Chickens by Bezina Arega Emeru, Haregawi Tesfaye Desta

“…However, the proportion of birds infected by the virus was higher in males, exotic breeds, and adults compared to females, local breeds, and young birds. …”
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Effect of diets containing raw and processed pigeon pea seed meal supplemented with enzyme on external and internal egg quality characteristics of laying quails Coturnix coturnix j... by Afolabi Rotimi Akintunde, Mutiu Ayogbe Oguntoye, Samson O. B. Adeoye, Japhet Adeniyi Olusiyi, Samuel Isaac, Emmanuel Filian Istifanus

“…The birds were divided into eight groups of 45 per treatment each replicated three times with 15 birds per replicate in a completely randomized design. …”
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Probiotic post feed restriction supplementation on realimentation performances, carcass characteristic, gut morphology and gut microbes of broiler chicken by Razieh Valipourian, Farid Shariatmadari, Hamed Ahmadi, Mohammad Amir Karimi Torshizi

“…Feed efficiency of birds from days 18 to 42 was lower in birds with restricted access to feed from days 10-18 of age. …”
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Dietary omega-3 fatty acids affect the growth performance of broiler chickens reared at high stocking density by Shahgol Rahbari, Abdolreza Salehi, Seyed Davood Sharifi, Shirin Honarbakhsh

“…Carcass and total heart weight were higher in birds fed diets containing omega-3 fatty acids under high SD than in birds fed a diet low in omega-3 fatty acids at low or high SD (P < 0.05). …”
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Mutations in Homocysteine Metabolism Genes Increase Keratin N-Homocysteinylation and Damage in Mice by Kamila Borowczyk, Jacek Wróblewski, Joanna Suliburska, Noriyuki Akahoshi, Isao Ishii, Hieronim Jakubowski

“…A major fraction of hair Hcy-keratin (56% to 93%), significantly higher in birds than in mammals, was sodium dodecyl sulfate-insoluble. …”
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Isolation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus from Saker Falcons (Falco cherrug) in the Middle East by Henju Marjuki, Ulrich Wernery, Hui-Ling Yen, John Franks, Patrick Seiler, David Walker, Scott Krauss, Robert G. Webster

“…There is accumulating evidence that birds of prey are susceptible to fatal infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus. …”
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A Consumer’s Guide to Eggs by Jeanine Beatty, Karla Shelnutt, Gail P. A. Kauwell

“…Records as far back as 1400 BC show that the Chinese and Egyptians raised birds for their eggs. The first domesticated birds to reach the Americas arrived in 1493 on Christopher Columbus' second voyage to the New World. …”
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Effects of metabolizable energy intake and body weight restriction on layer pullets: 2 - Body composition and onset of lay by Thiago L. Noetzold, Jo Ann Chew, Douglas R. Korver, René P. Kwakkel, Laura Star, Martin J. Zuidhof

“…Large yellow follicles (number and weight) and ovary (weight and percentage) were greater in ad libitum-fed compared to feed restricted birds. In conclusion, pullets fed greater dietary ME increased fat deposition and feed restricted birds had delayed sexual maturation.…”
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