Beak deformation,known as avian keratin disorder(AKD),can impair feeding and preening of birds,reducing their survival.This disorder is apparently caused by Poecivirus infection,although to date,the viral origin has b...
supported by the Beijing Featured Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Preservation Project,China(202203310002);China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS40);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(ASTIPIAS04);the Central Guidance on Local Science and Technology Development Fund of Hebei Province,China(236Z6602G)。
Crossed beak is a complex mode of inheritance with prevalence ranging from 0.2 to 7.4% in at least 12 chicken strains worldwide.To reveal the intrinsic factors causing crossed beaks,genes expression patterns in bilate...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.32000307,32130013).
The beak is a key evolutionary innovation in the avian tree of life.Its diversity in morphology shows birds’successful colonization of various ecological niches on the Earth(Pigot et al.2020),and its morphological pl...
The transformation and recycling of poultry litter through the pyrolysis process produces a co-product called biochar which, applied to the soil, improves the chemical characteristics of the soil and is used as a soil...
financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFB1503002);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA13040202);the Special Foundation for Ocean Renewable Energy(Grant Nos.GHME2017SF01 and GHME2017YY02);the Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering(Grant No.ISEE2018ZD04);Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou)(Grant No.GML2019ZD0107);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51609232)。
This paper presents an oscillating slider wave energy device which is based on a seabed anchoring and uses eagle beak as the absorber.The self-compiled program uses the boundary element theory based on the simple Gree...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD0500100,2016YFD0500205);Discipline Development Grant from College of Animal Sciences FAFU(2018DK003);Natural Science Foundation of China(31602046);National Basic Research Program(973)of China(2015CB910502);Program for Fujian University Outstanding Youth Scientific Research,Science and Technology Innovation Special Foundation of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(KFA17229A);Collaborative Innovation Center of Animal Health and Food Safety Application Technology in Fujian,Fujian Vocational College of Agriculture(Kla17H01A).
Beak and feather disease virus(BFDV) is an infectious agent responsible for feather degeneration and beak deformation in birds. In March 2017, an epidemic of psittacine beak and feather disease(PBFD) struck a farm in ...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.NSFC4147129;the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under contract No.2017M610277;the Key Laboratory of Sustainable Exploitation of Oceanic Fisheries Resources(Shanghai Ocean University),Ministry of Education under contract No.A1-0203-00-2009-6;the Fund of Key Laboratory of Open-Sea Fishery Development,Ministry of Agriculture,China under contract LOF 2018-02
The migration route of oceanic squid provides critical information for us to understand their spatial and temporal variations.Mark-recapture and electronic tags tend to be problematic during processing.Cephalopod hard...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.NSFC41306127,NSFC41276156);the National Science Foundation of Shanghai(No.13ZR1419700);the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.13YZ091);the Operational Application Project of Satellite Ocean Remote Sensing(No.201701004);the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project(Fisheries Discipline)
The Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas has a short life span, and environmental variability plays a significant role in regulating its population dynamics and distribution. An analysis of 1 096 samples of D. gigas collect...
funded by the Poultry CRC,established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program. Poultry CRC, PO Box U242, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia;funded by DSM Nutritional Products, Singapore (project number 1.5.10)
The present study investigated the effects of pecking stones on feeding behaviour of hens from 16 to 46 weeks of age. Eighteen flocks of Hy-Line Brown hens were housed in 2 commercial free-range housing systems. Farm ...