Movement by Domestic Fowl in Commercial Flocks

Isolation and characterization of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale in the commercial turkey, quail flocks and domestic pigeons by bacteriological and molecular methods

Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) is a respiratory pathogen which has been isolated throughout the world from numerous bird species. The present study was designed to isolate and characterize the ORT from domestic turkeys, quails and pigeons. For this purpose, 250 samples from each bird species (turkey, quail and pigeon) with or without respiratory signs were tested by taking of tracheal...

Renal function in domestic fowl.

SKADHAUGE, ERIK, AND BODIL SCHMIDT-NIELSEN. Renal function in domestic fowl. Am. J. Physiol. 2 12 (4) : 793-798. 1967.Roosters were exposed to water and salt loading and to dehydration. The ureteral urine was collected through polyethylene funnels. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was found to increase an average of 23 yO from dehydration to hydration, when at the same time the urine flow i...

Decerebration of the Domestic Fowl.

Inheritance of Body Weight in Domestic Fowl.

and genetical behavior of this form is not incompatible with the segmental interchange theory of circle formation in Oenothera. Summary.-It is impossible for the alethal complex of a primary halfmutant derived from Lamarckiana by a single segmental interchange to give the same chromosome configuration with both complexes of the parent species. Nevertheless, a further segmental interchange betwe...

Hereditary hypothyroidism in the domestic fowl.

OPULATIONS of fully pedigreed chickens often contain individuals which ’deviate considerably in one or more respects from the average for the flock. When pedigrees reveal close genetic relationship among those similarly affected, further studies are warranted. Such was the case for the trait now recognized as hypothyroidism. Affected 5 %-month old White Leghorn pullets, which were somewhat smal...