Background: Fowl adenovirus is of major concern to the poultry industry worldwidely. In order to monitor the prevalent status of Fowl adenovirus in China, a total of 1920 clinical samples from apparently healthy birds in the 25 sites of poultry flocks, Slaughterhouse and living bird markets from 8...

The present study was conducted on blood cells of thirty healthy domestic fowl, guinea fowl and pigeon, ten birds of each group. Lymphocyte showed strongly positive reaction in fowl while moderate in guinea fowl and weak in pigeon in the form of black-brown patches when blood smears were stained...

Black-bone fowl are different from ordinary broilers in appearance and are considered to have rich nutritional properties. However, the metabolism of therapeutic drugs in black-bone fowl remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the tissue residue depletion kinetics of trimethoprim and...

Nicobari fowl constitute an endemic poultry germplasm of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Genetic diversity, population structure and ancestry of Nicobari fowl were analysed with mitochondrial D-loop sequences. Analysis of complete D-loop sequences (1231-1232 bp) showed 46 polymorphic sites...

Fowl typhoid (FT) is an economically significant bacterial disease of layers leading to a drastic drop in egg production. Due to increased public health concerns about antibiotics in poultry feed, a search for new safe antimicrobials for treating fowl typhoid is crucial. The antimicrobial effect of ...

This study aims to determine welfare parameters such as foot-pad dermatitis (FPD) and plumage quality (PQ) scores at different slaughter ages in barn and free-range rearing systems for guinea fowl and pheasants. The birds randomly distributed with half of 200 Pheasant and 200 guinea fowl chicks...

Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 (IGF2) plays important roles in stimulating cell proliferation, differentiation and migration culminating its effects as a modulator of juvenile growth in animals. Although the gene that codes for IGF2 (IGF2) has been investigated as a candidate gene in several...

Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) are distributed worldwide in poultry and incriminated as the etiological agents for several health problems in fowls, and are capable of crossing species barriers between domestic and wild fowls. An FAdV strain was, for the first time, isolated from black-necked crane in...

Guinea fowl meat and eggs are highly prized by consumers in the Sudan-Sahelian belt countries such as Burkina Faso and Niger. However, compared to chicken, guinea fowl stocks in these countries are low. One of the reasons for the low stock holdings is that guinea fowl in captivity are poor at being ...

Guinea fowl production makes significant contributions to animal protein through production of cheap meat and eggs, which serve as a buffer to the shortages of poultry products. This study aims to investigate the effect of vitamin C and vitamin E either solely and together on laying performance,...