Abstract The study aimed to examine the meat quality of chickens from a dual-purpose cross and its parent lines. trial was conducted in experimental poultry farm Institute Animal Science-Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. were obtained by crossing female layers (Line L) cocks (BB, based on Bresse Gauloise). At age 9 weeks male lines slaughtered. Six each genotype subjected breast thigh analysis. crossbred t...

The effects of tamoxifen (TAM) antiestrogen dose as well as protein and energy content in feed on stimulation of the reproductive system development in meat type cocks were studied. The experiment was conducted on males of the Dominant White Cornish chicken breed. The optimum TAM dose for stimulation of reproductive system development was at the level of 5 mg per kg body weight. The effects of ...

The article formulates a thesis that two eminent Polish writers covering war situations represent different literary styles (idiostyles): Tochman's can be subsumed under the term „minimalist-rhetorical", whereas Jagielski's could described as „metaphorical". To prove this thesis, makes use of linguistic analytical tools to interpret such works „Like eating stone. Surviving Past in Bosnia", „The...

Thailand has recently had 3 epidemic waves of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI); virus was again detected in July 2005. Risk factors need to be identified to better understand disease ecology and assist HPAI surveillance and detection. This study analyzed the spatial distribution of HPAI outbreaks in relation to poultry, land use, and other anthropogenic variables from the start of the s...