Evidence is presented that the growth capacity of chick embryo tissue for the fowl coryza bodies is conditioned by a diffusible cellular component which is essential for their multiplication. This growth factor is inactivated at pH 6, but withstands a temperature of 100 degrees C. for 60 minutes. An amount sufficient to promote a normal growth of the specific bodies may be present in tissue cul...

The efficiency of insertion and/or deletion (indels) polymorphisms as genetic markers was evaluated by genotyping 102 indels loci in native chicken populations from Myanmar and Indonesia as well as Red jungle fowls and Green jungle fowls from Java Island. Out of the 102 indel markers, 97 were polymorphic. The average observed and expected heterozygosities were 0.206 to 0.268 and 0.229 to 0.284 ...

The membrane pacemaker hypothesis predicts that long-living species will have more peroxidation-resistant membrane lipids than shorter living species. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the fatty acid composition of heart phospholipids from long-living Procellariiformes (petrels and albatrosses) to those of shorter living Galliformes (fowl). The seabirds were obtained from by-catch of comme...

The data on ten SNP markers of Myostatin gene (GDF-8) was generated on nine breeds/populations of indigenous poultry and Red Jungle Fowl (RJF). The SNPs were five in promoter region, one each in intron 1 and 2 and three in exon 1. The data was analyzed to find out the genetic relationship among the indigenous chicken populations. PCR-RFLP was carried out to genotype the populations at seven SNP...

Two outbreaks of fowl cholera on a multiage free-range egg farm were investigated. The outbreaks occurred in 1994 and 2002. A total of 22 strains of Pasteurella multocida were available for study, 11 from the 1994 outbreak and 11 from the 2002 outbreak. Lesions typical of acute fowl cholera were seen in the 1994 outbreak, whereas both acute and chronic fowl cholera occurred in the 2002 outbreak...

Oocyan or blue/green eggshell colour is an autosomal dominant trait found in native chickens (Mapuche fowl) of Chile and in some of their descendants in European and North American modern breeds. We report here the identification of an endogenous avian retroviral (EAV-HP) insertion in oocyan Mapuche fowl and European breeds. Sequencing data reveals 100% retroviral identity between the Mapuche a...

Water in oil emulsion fowl cholera vaccine was prepared using Montanide ISA-70-VG oil as alternative adjuvant to the used white mineral oil with span-80. The two vaccines were comparatively evaluated in SPF chickens. Each vaccine was inoculated in a group of 40 chickens while the third group of 40 chickens was kept as non-vaccinated control. It was noticed that the Montanide ISA-70-VG formulate...

Fowl and turkey spermatozoa, when diluted in a glutamate-based medium and incubated at 40\s=deg\Cunder aerobic conditions showed a similar rate of oxygen utilization and maintained similar cellular ATP concentrations. Under anaerobic conditions, the glycolytic metabolism of fowl spermatozoa was sufficient to maintain a high ATP concentration, whilst turkey spermatozoa had a much lower glycolyti...

INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL VIRUSES............................................................ 1 Maus-Elberfeld Virus......................................................................... 1 Fowl Plague Virus ........................................................................... 2 Newcastle Disease...

a survey of helminth parasites of domestic fowl carried out in faisalabad (pakistan) between 1994 and 1996 showed a high prevalence of nemaodes infestation in broiler and local poultry. ascardia galli and heterakis spp. were more prevalent in both groups of birds. syngamus tracheae and capillaria spp. were also present in both groups . raillietina spp. were the only cestode found in both the gr...