Infection of animals with retroviruses frequently leads to immunosuppressed states. The immune status of chickens injected with the replication-defective avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV), with its naturally occurring subgroup B helper virus (avian erythroblastosis-associated virus; AEAV), was evaluated daily and compared to the immune status of age-matched uninfected control chickens. Spleen ...

The presence of Salmonella in chickens is a problem because poultry meat is recognized as a source of human salmonellosis. Fermented feed has characteristics like a high number of lactobacilli and high concentration of lactic acid, which could make chickens less susceptible for infection with Salmonella. Fermented feed might therefore prevent the colonization of chickens with Salmonella. Two st...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of microbial phytase on apparent digestibility of crude protein (cp), amino acids (aa), and apparent retention of calcium (ca), total phosphorus (tp), iron (fe) and zinc (zn) in female broiler chickens diet. the experiment was designed as a completely randomized design. each treatment consisted of 4 replicates of 10 broilers in battery cages, ...

Indigenous Tswana chickens are better adapted to prevailing environmental conditions and diseases than their exotic counterparts. They however exhibit slower growth rate and less mature final weight than their exotic counterparts. Crossbreeding of indigenous Tswana chickens with exotic chicken breeds can therefore be used as an alternative strategy to improve growth performance of indigenous Ts...

walnut tree is grown for multiple purposes. indeed, it is economically important and increasing its yield and improving its quality in order to compete in the international markets is one of great importance. to this end, one significant management practice is proper use of suitable fertilizers. zinc and phosphorus are two important elements in the nutrition of walnut. in this study, experiment...

in order to investigate the integration of phosphorus fertilizer different levels and phosphorus solubilizing bacteria p.fluorescens on quantitative and qualitative forage yield of two fall barley cultivars, an experiment carried out at research farm of college of agriculture of university of tehran during 2009-2010. the experiment design consisted of three randomized complete blocks in a facto...

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty with health-promoting potential. This study was to investigate effects of supplemental DHA from Aurantiochytrium acetophilum on growth performance, health status, meat quality, and protein synthesis signaling broiler chickens . Day-old male chicks were housed in environmental control room (6 cages/treatment, 8 chicks/cage), fed a corn-s...

the objective of this study was to find a relationship between blood gas parameters and thyroid hormoneactivity with ascites syndrome in broiler chickens exposed to cold temperature and receiving a high qualitydiet. one hundred and sixty one-day-old broiler chicks were randomly divided in two equal groups. toincrease the incidence of ascites, chicks of group 1 were fed ad libitum with a higher ...