Domestic sea transport is critical to all aspects of life in the Pacific, providing access to markets and health and education services, as well as enabling cultural and social connectivity. Current sea transport services are entirely dependent upon use of increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Whilst there has been increasing research on international shipping, very little focus has been given t...

Although the infection of different animals and non-human primates with other members of Anelloviridae have already been reported there is no report about infection of animals with Torque teno midi virus/Small anellovirs (TTMDV/SAV). The aim of this study was to detect the virus in domestic village chickens. Blood samples were collected from 79 domestic village chickens in Isfahan. Blood sample...

It is postulated that chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) became domesticated from wild junglefowls in Southeast Asia nearly 10,000 years ago. Based on 19 individual samples covering various chicken breeds, red junglefowl (G. g. gallus), and green junglefowl (G. varius), we address the origin of domestic chickens, the relative roles of ancestral polymorphisms and introgression, and the effects ...

An efficient genome editing approach had been established to construct the stable transgenic cell lines in the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) at present. Our objectives were to investigate gene function in the differentiation process of chicken embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into spermatogonial stem cells(SSCs). Three guides RNA (gRNAs) were designed to knockout the Stra8 gene, and kn...

Domestic chickens are excellent models for investigating the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity, as numerous phenotypic changes in physiology, morphology, and behavior in chickens have been artificially selected. Genomic study is required to study genome-wide patterns of DNA variation for dissecting the genetic basis of phenotypic traits. We sequenced the genomes of the Silkie and the Taiwan...

We report the complete genome sequence of a Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolate, NDV-D1/1998, from an apparently healthy village chicken in South India. This class II, genotype II virus is 15,186 nucleotides in length with unique amino acid variations and was found to be a velogenic pathotype by standard pathogenicity tests.

Identification of biting lice species on the infected domestic chickens and their distribution on different body regions were studied at El-Beheira Governorate. Results showed two main species of biting lice on infected chickens; the chicken body lice, Menacanthus cornutus and the shaft lice, Menopon gallinae. Statistical analysis showed significance differences in the numbers of biting lice in...

wide fluctuations of the prices of chicken and egg along with the containment of these fluctuations always matter to producers, consumers and government. these fluctuations are affected by various factors on the supply and demand sides of the product and its inputs. the results of this research are as follows: contributing 1.5 and 1 per cent to the world production of chicken (76.3 million tons...

Newcastle disease is one of the most important diseases of poultry. It usually causes a great loss inpoultry industry and domestic village chickens. Since domestic chickens in villages are free ranging for food,the chance of their contact with wild birds that may act as reservoirs is high. To determine the role ofdomestic chickens in the epizootiology of Newcastle disease virus in villages of I...

Free-roaming dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are of public health and conservation concern because of their potential to transmit diseases, such as rabies, to both people and wildlife. Understanding domestic dog population dynamics and how they could potentially be impacted by interventions, such as rabies vaccination, is vital for such disease control efforts. For four years, we measured demogra...