The castor seed contains ricin, which is one of the most potent biological toxins and is widely considered to be a threat agent for bioterrorism. In this study, a rapid and sensitive PCR method was applied to the detection of castor contamination in milk and liquid egg samples. The targeting gene sequence of the primer set, Ricin-F4/R4, was not found in either the bovine or chicken genome. Prim...

Dolenec, Z.: Correlations between egg characteristics and laying order in the starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in NW Croatia. Nat. Croat., Vol. 10, No. 1., 11–17, 2001, Zagreb. This article analyses the effect of body weight and wing length of female starlings on clutch size as well as the effect of laying order on egg size. Egg length averaged 29.43 mm, egg breadth 21.32 mm, egg volume 6829 mm3, eg...

A 12-wks laying trial was conducted to study the effect of dietary chromiummethionine chelate supplementation on laying Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) performance, egg quality, fertility %, hatchability % and some plasma constituents during summer months. A total of 225 laying Japanese quail (150 ♀+ 75 ♂) of 8 wks old were randomly assigned in 5 equal groups of 3 equal replicates e...

Here, we address the morphological changes of eyed eggs of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. infected with Saprolegnia from a commercial hatchery and after experimental infection. Eyed eggs infected with Saprolegnia spp. from 10 Atlantic salmon females were obtained. Egg pathology was investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. Eggs from six of ten females were infected with S. parasi...

C. elegans hermaphrodites are self-fertile, and their rate and temporal pattern of egg-laying are modulated by diverse environmental cues. Egg-laying behavior has served as an important phenotypic assay for the genetic dissection of neuronal signal transduction mechanisms. This chapter reviews our current understanding of the neuronal and neurochemical mechanisms underlying the control of egg-l...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary vitamin E on reproductive and productive parameters in Japanese quails. A total number of 240 female and 80 male Japanese quail were divided into five treatments with four replications in a completely randomized design. Experimental diets were zero control, 30, 60, 120 and 240 mg kg-1 of vitamin E. Fertility and total hatch...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of various levels of cichorium intybus andcopper on performance and egg yolk cholesterol. total of 324 layer hens (hy-line w-36) were used in arandomized complete blocks with nine treatments, three replications of 12 birds in each from 38 to 50weeks of age. experimental diets include control, four levels of copper (150, 200, 250 and 300 m...

An experiment was designed to study the influence of selection for increased 16-wk BW (F line), egg production (E line), and shank width (FL line) in turkeys on length of the incubation period and to estimate the influence of adult BW (BW50) and egg weight on the incubation period. The base populations for the F, FL, and E lines were randombred control (RBC)2, F, and RBC1, respectively. An addi...

Calcium signaling in cells directs diverse physiological processes. The calcium waves triggered by fertilization is a highly conserved calcium signaling event essential for egg activation, and has been documented in every egg tested. This activity is one of the few highly conserved events of egg activation through the course of evolution. Echinoderm eggs, as well as many other cell types, have ...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of fennel essence on performance, egg quality and ovarian morphology of commercial laying eggs for ten weeks. in this experiment, one hundred and forty 30-wk-old commercial egg laying type hy-line (w36) were randomly assigned into 4 treatments with 5 replicates and 8 birds per each. treatments were a control (0.0% essence) and diets containing ...