The first description of avian influenza (AI) dates back to 1878 in northern Italy, when Perroncito [Perroncito E. Epizoozia tifoide nei gallinacei. Annali Accad Agri Torino 1878;21:87-126] described a contagious disease of poultry associated with high mortality. The disease, termed "fowl plague", was initially confused with the acute septicemic form of fowl cholera. However, in 1880, soon afte...

A fowl -was bitten in the thigh by a spectacled cobra that had been kept in confinement for some weeks, had bitten before, and was, therefore, not fresh. The fowl was bitten at 3 p. m. At 3-1-50.?Fowl staggering ; fifteen drops of 6trong Condy's solution, furnished by Messrs. Scott, Thompson and Company, was injected with the hypodermic syringe into the fowl's thigh. 3-2*50.?Fell down paralysed...

occurrence of fatal epizootics among fowls have been noticed from ancient times Of the two types of the disease occurring in these animals, one is designated fowl septicaemia and the other fowl "cholera. The organism of fowl cholera has the distinction of being the first to be discovered out of the group of microorganisms which are now known as Pastuerella, among which are included the organism...

traditional poultry production has changed to a considerable industry after few decades. now, poultry industry is one of the main sectors to obtain the required protein for human consumption. prediction of the weight and number of eggs according to economic traits can improve the efficiency of production and the profit of producers. in present study, the weight and number of eggs in mazandaran ...

maternal effects on body weight at 8 weeks of age (bw8w), egg weight (ew), egg number (en) and age at sexual maturity (asm) from 13 generations of mazandaran native fowl were investigated. the data were analyzed using restricted maximum likelihood procedures and animal model with dfreml software. with or without using maternal effects, six different animal models were fitted. likelihood ratio t...

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OBJECTIVE Our study provides information on phenotypes of local chickens and guinea fowl and their body measures as well as on major genes in local chickens in northern Ghana. METHODS Qualitative and morphometric traits were recorded on 788 local chickens and 394 guinea fowl in urban households in Tamale, Ghana. RESULTS The results showed considerable variation of color traits and numerous ...

Four viruses were irreversibly photosensitized by 4 × IO-SM-ethidium chloride but not by more dilute solutions. Photosensitization was greatest with vaccinia, pseudorabies, herpes tamarinus and reoviruses, intermediate with western equine encephalitis virus, and least with fowl plague and Newcastle disease viruses. Pseudorabies virus was also inactivated by ethidium chloride at 37 ° in the dark...

AIM The present study was conducted to know the ultrastructural detail of the blood cells of Uttara fowl (native fowl of Uttarakhand). MATERIALS AND METHODS The experiment was conducted on 10 apparently healthy adult birds of either sex reared at the Instructional Poultry Farm, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. The blood was collected from wing vein u...