Avian encephalomyelitis virus (AEV) is an important pathogen of poultry and is classified as a member of picornaviridae. Nearly all chicken flocks eventually become infected with the virus, but the incidence of clinical disease is very low unless a breeder flock is not vaccinated and becomes infected after the commencement of egg production. This report describes an outbreak of avian encephalom...

The chicken egg resists most environmental microbes suggesting that it potentially contains efficient antimicrobial molecules. Considering that some heparin-binding proteins in mammals are antibacterial, we investigated the presence and the antimicrobial activity of heparin-binding proteins from chicken egg white. Mass spectrometry analysis of the proteins recovered after heparin-affinity chrom...

Using antigen-purified anti-chicken gizzard polyclonal serum (cd2), which was previously shown to cross-react with plant caldesmon-like protein [1], Amoeba proteus protein extracts were analysed by Western blots. Two closely migrating bands were detected at an apparent molecular weight of approximately 65/66 kDa. The cellular distribution of amoeba-caldesmon in migrating and pinocytosing cells ...

Crowing-type chicken is one of the important chicken breeds in Indonesia. This study was conducted to investigate the crowing characters of Pelung chicken and the effect of exon 7 FoxP2 gene polymorphism in mute chicken. Chicken were obtained from local breeder. Pelung chicken crowing and morphology characterizations were conducted in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia. Chicken breeding (♀ ...

The aim of this research is to evaluate the effect Anadara granosa shell powder as a natural aromatase blocker (NAB) and zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) on growth length comb, width body weight (BW) layer chicken. This study used 45 DOC layer’s chickens with 3 treatments 15 replications, those are; control (T0), clamshell NAB 0.036 mg/40 g BW (T1), ZnSO 4 0.018 mg / 40 (T2). treatment was given for 35 day...

Campylobacteriosis caused by Campylobacter spp. is the prime cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Chicken and other poultry birds act as major reservoir for thereby play a crucial role in transmission this zoonotic disease to humans. The current investigation was undertaken study occurrence organised layer farms their associated environmental samples. A total 260 samples comprising clo...

Background: Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is an aromatic herb; rich source of citric, vitamin C, and phenolic compounds used as natural antioxidant and antibacterial agents in food processing. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of lemongrass extract on the quality properties of chicken burger during frozen storage. Methods: Lemongrass extract was prepared with three levels (0.5, 1.0, a...

Biosecurity and sustainability in poultry production requires reliable germplasm conservation. Germplasm conservation in poultry is more challenging in comparison to other livestock species. Embryo cryopreservation is not feasible for egg-laying animals, and chicken semen conservation has variable success for different chicken breeds. A potential solution is the cryopreservation of the committe...

Pancreatic glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) in the chicken retina was investigated by immunohistochemical methods with frozen sections and flat-mounts. Observations of the frozen sections showed that GLI is localized in the amacrine cells. Flat-mounts showed the GLI cells are evenly localized in the retina (n= or approximately 400/mm2) and composed to two types of cells--one is larger and t...