We report here the draft genome sequence of the CTX-M-166-harboring O6:H16 sequence type 48 (ST48)-fimH34 Escherichia coli strain recovered from a Gallus gallus broiler. Sequence analyses revealed the presence of an IncI1/ST103-ISEcp1-blaCTX-M-166-orf477 plasmid region and of diverse antibiotic resistance and virulence-acquired genes.

A key scientific publication (Bennett et al 2018) demonstrates that the bio-physical composition of broiler chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) represents a signal Anthropocene. This finding contributes to wider body evidence locates beginning Anthropocene in mid-20th Century (Steffen 2015; Zalasiewicz 2019), and is part broader intellectual project seeks establish demarcate as new geological er...

Expression studies suggest that the incidence and severity of tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) in chickens, Gallus gallus, may be affected by the aggrecan gene, AGC 1. Here, results are described of a scan for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in AGC1 in genetic lines divergently selected for TD incidence in chickens. A total of 3,048 bp of DNA sequence obtained from amplicons produced by 4 pri...

On 25 March, EFSA and ECDC jointly published 'The European Union Summary Report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food 2012' [1]. The report features Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli indicator bacteria and Staphyloccus aureus. Salmonella and Campylobacter are the most common causes of zoonotic foodborne infections. According to the report,...

Chickens represent by far the most important poultry species, yet the number, locations, and timings of their domestication have remained controversial for more than a century. Here we report ancient mitochondrial DNA sequences from the earliest archaeological chicken bones from China, dating back to ∼ 10,000 B.P. The results clearly show that all investigated bones, including the oldest from t...

We constructed a novel chicken (Gallus gallus) lung cDNA library fused inside yeast acting domain vector (pGADT7). Using yeast two-hybrid screening with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) nucleoprotein (NP) from the strain (A/chicken/Malaysia/5858/2004(H5N1)) as bait, and the Gallus gallus lung cDNA library as prey, a novel interaction between the Gallus gallus cellular RNA export adaptor...

Technological development is not morally neutral. A number of ethical issues may emerge during the design and development of (new) technologies. The implications for the responsibility of engineers and corporations are discussed and possibilities for Technology Assessment (TA) that may help to fulfil these responsibilities are explored. In particular the possibilities and limitations of two act...