Do avian cooperative breeders live longer?

Breeders Workgroup Legume Breeding and their Utilization as Forage and Cover Crops

Investigations on the Presence of Antibodies to Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup-J (ALV-J) in Broiler Breeders and Broilers

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of antibodies to ALV-J in broilers and broiler breeders. For this, 5 broiler units and 1 broiler breeding unit in the Marmara region were visited. Seventy 4-6 -week-old chicks from the broiler units, consisting of 14 chicks from each broiler unit, were selected. Seventeen chickens from the broiler breeding unit were also selected. The chicks...

Do dogs live in joint families? Understanding allo-parental care in free-ranging dogs

Cooperative breeding is an excellent example of altruistic cooperation in social groups. Domestic dogs have evolved from cooperatively hunting and breeding ancestors, but have adapted to a facultatively social scavenging lifestyle on streets, and solitary living in human homes. Pets typically breed and reproduce under human supervision, but free-ranging dogs can provide insights into the natura...

Detection of Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus in Broiler Chickens in Iran Using RT-PCR and Histopathological Methods

Avian encephalomyelitis is caused by a Tremovirus and primarily affects chickens. The virus can infect young chicks and cause nervous symptoms. Vaccines are used to control the disease in breeders. Recently, the occurrence of the disease is causing concern in the poultry industry. In the present study, we report a case of avian encephalomyelitis in one broiler farm in Kashan (center of Iran). T...

But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

I n the last chapter of his book, On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin wrote famously: ‘‘Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.’’ Not many of us have taken him literally. People interested in Darwinian theory have tried to understand the roughly 200,000-year-old origins of Homo sapiens; but they’ve had very little to say about the roughly 5,000-year-old written record th...