broiler chickens

August 1, 2025

Development of selective culture media for efficient isolation of Avibacterium paragallinarum from chickens

Abstract IMPORTANCE: Infectious Coryza is an economically important disease in poultry, resulting in poor growth and a significant reduction in…

April 28, 2025

Cannabidiol and nano-selenium mediate intestinal barrier function by affecting mucosal microstructures, and gut-associated immunological and oxidative stress response in the gut of chickens infected with C. perfringens

Abstract Nutritional additives with biological activity, such as cannabidiol (CBD) and nano-selenium (nano-Se), are viable to prevent bacterial diseases such…

October 23, 2024

Interaction Between Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and Cannabidiol in the Gut of Chickens Applied to Different Challenge Conditions

Abstract Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are important targets for cannabidiol (CBD), which mediate many of its biological actions. The hypothesis…

November 23, 2020

Cannabis-derived cannabidiol and nanoselenium improve gut barrier function and affect bacterial enzyme activity in chickens subjected to C. perfringens challenge

Abstract Revealing the multifocal mechanisms affecting cross-talk between Clostridium perfringens pathogenesis and the host response is an urgent need in…

March 10, 2020

Effects of Dietary Hemp Seed and Flaxseed on Growth Performance, Meat Fatty Acid Compositions, Liver Tocopherol Concentration and Bone Strength of Cockerels

Abstract Simple Summary: Different combinations of extruded flaxseed (EF; 0 and 60 g/kg) and hemp seed (HS; 0, 30, 40…

August 30, 2016

The Ki-67 and RepoMan mitotic phosphatases assemble via an identical, yet novel mechanism

Abstract Ki-67 and RepoMan have key roles during mitotic exit. Previously, we showed that Ki-67 organizes the mitotic chromosome periphery…