ONE of the most serious handicaps to poultry raising in the Southwestern States is the fowl tick, or blue bug {Argm rmneahis). It is a persistent bloodsucker, and its presence in a poultry house in considerable numbers results in weakened stock, fewer eggs, and emaciation and not infrequently death of some of the fowls. A form of paralysis associated with this tick also afl'ects many fowls, som...

The present study was undertaken to evaluate haematological profile viz. Haemoglobin (Hb), Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Red Blood Cell (RBC) count and erythrocyte indices viz. Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH) and Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) in different species of poultry and this could be used for clinico pathological diagnosis and further...

This study describes the distribution of vimentin, desmin, smooth muscle actin (SMA) and laminin in the oviduct of the laying domestic fowl. Vimentin immunostaining was localised in the luminal epithelium of the infundibulum, magnum, magnum-isthmus junction and isthmus. The luminal epithelium of the shell gland regions displayed weak vimentin immunostaining. Vimentin immunostaining was demonstr...

This work presents the experimental results obtained at a pilot plant which works with a slow, wet and catalytic pyrolysis process of dry fowl manure. This kind of process mainly consists in the cracking of the organic matrix and in the following reaction of carbon with water, which is either already contained in the organic feed or added, to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Reactions are ...

BACKGROUND Potentially, pâtés could be a functional food and are an important source of proteins, vitamin A, B complex vitamins and iron. Unfortunately, one problem in pâtés is the high level of animal fat, about 30%. Pâté with low-fat guinea fowl meat and animal fat replaced with inulin can result in this product being classified as a pro-health food. The objective of the present study was to ...

The interstitial tissue of the testis was studied in gonadally active and gonadally inactive domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus), guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris), duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Gonadal inactivity in the fowl was induced by a single subcutaneous injection of 50 mg oestradiol benzoate. The structure of this tissue was similar in all...

Comparisons were made of the rate of incorporation of C'4-labeled L-arnino acids into protein of chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) infected with viruses that induce cell proliferation. A tumor virus (Rous sarcoma virus) and a nontumor virus (fowl pox virus) were used in these studies. In ovo studies of glycine-C14 incor poration into the protein of Rous sarcoma virus-induced tumors ...