The world's most numerous bird, the domestic chicken, and their wild ancestor, the red junglefowl, have long been used as model species for animal behaviour research. Recently, this research has advanced our understanding of the social behaviour, personality, and cognition of fowl, and demonstrated their sophisticated behaviour and cognitive skills. Here, we overview some of this research, star...

Residues of veterinary drugs, pesticides, and environmental contaminants in domestic and imported foods of animal origin were monitored by the National Residue Program and inspection service in Korea in the past decade. In all, 134 substances were analyzed in the monitoring plan; 35 substances were examined in the surveillance and enforcement testing program, and 27 substances were investigated...

After the first successful application of vitrification for embryo cryopreservation 15 years ago, a rapid application of the method in domestic animal embryology was presumed. However, although the advantages of vitrification (simplicity, cost efficiency, speed of the procedure) were widely acknowledged, its use has been mainly restricted to experimental studies. For commercial embryo transfer ...

Oestrid larvae causing myiasis display a wide degree of biodiversity, in terms of species of domestic and wild mammals infected and anatomical sites. The presence in some regions of southern Europe of a high number of different species of oestrids in domestic animals stimulated interest in exploring the basis of such degree of parasitic biodiversity in the Mediterranean region. However, broad s...

A historical review of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in non-domestic species is given and the use of FMD vaccines to protect those species is described. Several non-domestic species are susceptible to FMD. Legislation in many countries, based on the definition of FMD-free status as determined by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE: World organisation for animal health), forms an importa...

The shortages of meat during the last world war stimulated the use of the rabbit as a meat animal. A series of studies was carried out by Hutchinson (1947a, 6 ) and Hutchinson & Baker (1949) dealing with the nutrition of domestic rabbits. The possibilities of the rabbit as a meat animal for underdeveloped areas stimulate further study. This paper reports a study of the efficiency of conversion ...

An artificial zona pellucida is provided for implantation in the peritoneal cavities of small laboratory animals. The assembly includes a hydrogel cartridge for containing one or more nude isolated blastomeres which can be cultured therein to an implant stage in the peritoneal cavity of a small animal such as a mouse. The combination is particularly advantageous for culturing of nude isolated b...

The domestic horse is the most widely used and important stock and recreational animal, valued for its strength and endurance. The energy required by the domestic horse is mainly supplied by mitochondria via oxidative phosphorylation. Thus, selection may have played an essential role in the evolution of the horse mitochondria. Besides, demographic events also affect the DNA polymorphic pattern ...

Background: This study used inhalation toxicity experiments, open field and tail suspension tests to investigate the antidepressant effect of a combination nine types refined oils extracted from domestic native plants.Methods: Non-irritability was confirmed through an test, locomotor activity measured using assessed by measuring immobility time during test.Results: The test that both samples we...