Stability of 'state' has been suggested as an underlying factor explaining behavioural stability and animal personality (i.e. variation among, and consistency within individuals in behavioural responses), but the possibility that stable social relationships represent such states remains unexplored. Here, we investigated the influence of social status on the expression and consistency of behavio...

In order to ascertain whether black-crowned night herons (BCNH), white heron (Plumed Egrets (PE)) and domestic fowls are infected by JE virus and they serve as infection source ofJE, hemoagglutination inhibiting antibody and its 2·ME sensitive antibody in the sera of these birds were determined. Physico-chemical nature of fowl’s antibody of JE produced by natural infection and their maternal an...

in the present study the allelic polymorphisms of gh, ghr and tgfβ3 genes and its association with egg production traits were investigated. blood samples randomly were collected from breeder hens of mazandaran native fowls breeding station and transported to the laboratory in cold chain condition. dna was extracted using modified salting out method and the desired loci were amplified by specifi...

Participatory research on vaccination of village poultry against Newcastle disease (ND) was carried out in the village of Disaneng, in the North West Province of South Africa. Three application methods for ND Inkukhu vaccine were shown to induce sufficient levels of immunity in back-yard poultry when correctly administered. These are eye-droplet administration to individual fowls, in-feed and i...

A study was carried out to examine the hatchability of guinea fowls eggs and performance of keets under the traditional extensive system. A short questionnaire to ascertain production scope and management practices were administered to a total of ten farmers; five farmers from each of two communities, using purposive sampling. In order to establish some actual production indices, data was colle...

The isolation frequency of Arcobacter species in children with diarrhea, fowls, mammals and food of avian and marine origin was established. In all the samples it was possible to isolate Arcobacter species corresponding 201 (39.4%) to A. butzleri and 24 (4.7) to A. cryaerophilus . Both species were simultaneously isolated in 19 (3.7%) being A. butzleri the most frequently isolated species.