OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Tomi Kauppinen Name of the dissertation Manuscript submitted November 24th, 2009 Manuscript revised February 27th, 2010 Date of the defence April 23rd, 2010 Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Field of research Opponent(...

BACKGROUND: Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is the causativeagent of the Newcastle disease (ND), a highly contagiousdisease in birds that causes significant economic losses to thepoultry industry worldwide. ND is endemic in Iran and outbreaksare reported regularly in commercial poultry flocks and differentspecies of birds. OBJECTIVES:The current study was carried outto characterize NDV based on p...

there are significant structural differences between the mouth and pharyngeal cavity of birds and mammals. it is usual to refer to a common oropharyngeal cavity of birds because the soft palate, which forms such an obvious delineation between the mouth and pharyngeal cavity, is absent. six male adult ostriches were used to study the oropharyngeal cavity and its components including the beak, ha...

samples of formalin fixed gastrointestinal organs of three month ostrich chicks were submitted to the department of pathology, razi vaccine and serum research institute. histologically hepatitis and pancreatitis with large eosinophilic intra nuclear inclusion bodies were prominent in hepatic and pancreatic cells. these inclusions were suspected as adenovirus inclusion body hepatitis (ibh) in va...

High levels of hatching failure in artificially incubated ostrich eggs cause considerable loss income for the industry. During 2015 - 2016 breeding seasons, between 846 and 1 549 egg records were used to determine effect various setting positions during artificial incubation. Fresh placed trolleys be turned automatically through a 60-degree or 90-degree angle hourly setter. Additional treatment...

The effects of five levels of dietary protein and energy on ostrich performance during hot season were evaluated in this study. Five males and 10 females of healthy mature ostriches (Struthio camelus) were randomly assigned equally into five nutritional groups A, B, C, D and E, each of 1 male and 2 females. Birds were fed (16% protein +2800 kcal) , (17% protein + 2900 kcal ) , (18% protein + 30...