<i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> Decreased Ammonia Emissions through Modulating Cecal Microbiotain Broilers Challenged with Ammonia by Xiyue Liu, Guangtian Cao, Kaifan Qiu, Yingkun Dong, Caihong Hu

“…A total of 360 1-day-old yellow-feathered broilers were randomly divided into three treatment groups: birds fed with a basal diet (CON), a basal diet supplemented with ammonia (AN), and a basal diet supplemented with 2.5 × 108 CFU <i>L. plantarum</i> kg⁻¹ and challenged with ammonia (LP). …”
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Owl-like plaques of the Copper Age and the involvement of children by Juan J. Negro, Guillermo Blanco, Eduardo Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Víctor M. Díaz Núñez de Arenas

“…We interpret this as insertion points for actual bird feathers added to the plaques, right at the place where tufts emerge in live owls. …”
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Morphological Characterization of Two Light Italian Turkey Breeds by Stefano Paolo Marelli, Luisa Zaniboni, Maria Giuseppina Strillacci, Manuela Madeddu, Silvia Cerolini

“…Live weight (LW), total body length (BL, excluding feathers), keel length (KL), chest circumference (BC), wingspan (WS), shank length (SL), shank diameter (SD), and shank circumference (SC). …”
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Stable Isotopes from Museum Specimens May Provide Evidence of Long-Term Change in the Trophic Ecology of a Migratory Aerial Insectivore by Philina A. English, David J. Green, Joseph J. Nocera

“…Because nitrogen isotope ratios (δ15N) tend to increase with trophic-level, while δ13C generally increases with agricultural intensification, we used δ15N and δ13C values of bird tissues grown in winter (claw) and during breeding (feathers) from museum specimens spanning 1880–2005, and contemporary samples from breeding birds (2011–2013) to test for diet change in a migratory nocturnal aerial insectivore, Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) breeding in Ontario, Canada. …”
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Influences of MHC Class II Haplotypes on Avian Influenza Traits in Thai Indigenous Chicken by Kalaya Boonyanuwat, Sawat Thummabutra, Neramit Sookmanee, Voravit Vatchavalkhu, Voravit Siripholvat, Tadayoshi Mitsuhashi

“…Genomic DNA were precipitated from blood samples and feathers. Diluted DNA was amplified to identify MHC haplotype. …”
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Postprandial plasma amino acid and metabolite kinetics of adult and growing pigs fed a diet with a balanced or unbalanced amino acid profile by F.A. Eugenio, J. van Milgen, J. Duperray, R. Sergheraert, N. Le Floc'h

“…Extensively hydrolysed feathers (EHF) were used as an AA source. Both BAL and UNB contained EHF supplemented with L-Ala, L-Asp, L-Glu, Gly, and L-Trp while BAL was also supplemented with L-His, L-Ile, L-Lys, L-Met, and L-Tyr. …”
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Impact of Maternal and Offspring Dietary Zn Supplementation on Growth Performance and Antioxidant and Immune Function of Offspring Broilers by Yuanyuan Wang, Ling Zhang, Yibin Xu, Xiaoqing Ding, Yongxia Wang, Aikun Fu, Xiuan Zhan

“…One-day-old Lingnan Yellow-feathered broilers (n = 800) were completely randomized (n = 4) between two maternal dietary supplemental Zn sources [maternal Zn–Gly (oZn) vs. maternal ZnSO₄ (iZn)] × two offspring dietary supplemental Zn doses [Zn-unsupplemented control diet (CON), the control diet + 80 mg of Zn/kg of diet as ZnSO₄]. oZn increased progeny ADG and decreased offspring mortality across all periods, especially during the late periods (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Comparison of the content of crude protein and amino acids in the whole bodies of cocks and hens of Ross 308 and Cobb 500 hybrids at the end of fattening by E. Straková, P. Suchý, P. Navrátil, T. Karel, I. Herzig

“…Dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and the content of individual amino acids (AA) were determined in the bodies of Ross 308 and Cobb 500 hybrids including feathers after 40 days of fattening. Percentages for the content of individual AA were then calculated from the total sums of AA. …”
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Elimination of Eight Viruses and Two Viroids from Preclonal Candidates of Six Grapevine Varieties (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.) through In Vivo Thermotherapy and In Vitro Meristem Tip... by Vanja Miljanić, Denis Rusjan, Andreja Škvarč, Philippe Chatelet, Nataša Štajner

“…In vivo thermotherapy at 36–38 °C for at least six weeks, followed by meristem tip micrografting (0.1–0.2 mm) onto in vitro-growing seedling rootstocks of Vialla (<i>Vitis labrusca</i> × <i>Vitis riparia</i>), was successfully used to eliminate eight viruses (grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV), grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV), grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3), grapevine fleck virus (GFkV), grapevine rupestris vein feathering virus (GRVFV), grapevine Syrah virus-1 (GSyV-1), and raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV)), as well as two viroids (hop stunt viroid (HSVd) and grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1 (GYSVd-1)) from preclonal candidates of six grapevine varieties (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.). …”
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Respecting tribal voices in the development of a gestational diabetes risk reduction preconception counseling program for American Indian/Alaska Native adolescent females: a qualit... by Kelly R. Moore, Sarah A. Stotz, Martha Ann Terry, Ellen W. Seely, Kelly Gonzales, Gale Marshall, Kristen J. Nadeau, Aletha Akers, Yesenia Garcia-Reyes, Denise Charron-Prochownik, For the Stopping GDM Study Group

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Bioaccumulation and Toxicity Studies of Lead and Mercury in Laying Hens: Effects on Laying Performance, Blood Metabolites, Egg Quality and Organ Parameters by Eunjoo Kim, Samiru S. Wickramasuriya, Taeg-Kyun Shin, Hyun-Min Cho, Shemil P. Macelline, Sung-Dae Lee, Hyun-Jung Jung, Jung-Min Heo

“…Heavy metal concentrations in the liver, eggs, and feathers were not detected at both week 4 and 8. Our results indicate that in-feed heavy metals for layer diets up to 30 ppm of lead and 1.2 ppm of mercury brought on hepatic dysfunction increasing blood metabolites that are associated with liver inflammation.…”
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Amerindian Textiles. Recent Studies : from Present to Past and Conversely by Sophie Desrosiers, Paz Núñez Regueiro

“…This long history of Amerindian textile regards a continent where many regions from South to North have known and still know the same type of weaving loom and where cotton played a key role while integrating as soon as possible animal materials as camelid fibers and feathers with stronger and more diversified hues. Textiles are an important source to look at Amerindian societies in their diversity and in the multifold inter-regional relations that they can help to show thanks to their capacity for artistic and identity expressions. …”
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The Tongue in Three Species of Lemurs: Flower and Nectar Feeding Adaptations by Juan Francisco Pastor, Magdalena Natalia Muchlinski, Josep Maria Potau, Aroa Casado, Yolanda García-Mesa, Jose Antonio Vega, Roberto Cabo

“…One is the distally feathered tongues observed in non-destructive nectar feeders, such as <i>Eulemur rubriventer</i>. …”
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Case Report: A novel mutation in TNFAIP3 in a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus and haploinsufficiency of A20 by Conghui Cao, Xue Fu, Xiaoli Wang

“…In addition, we analyzed the clinical feathers of such patients and summarized the cases of five patients with HA20 co-presented with T1DM. …”
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IMPACT OF HEAT STRESS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS TRAITS IN SOME BROILER CHICKENS by ‪Omer Omran‬&amp;rlm;, Ahmed Galal, Mahmoud Mahrous, Faisal Bayoumi

“…The body weight, body weight gain, edible parts of carcass (carcass, thigh, drum, breast muscles and giblets weight) and inedible parts of carcass (blood, feathers, head and legs weight) were recorded to heat stressed group and control group. …”
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WINTER HARDINESS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENUS Allium L. IN THE MOSCOW REGION, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE WINTER PERIOD by A. V. Soldatenko, М. I. Ivanova, A. F. Bukharov, A. I. Kashleva, D. N. Baleyev, O. A. Razin

“…Stable high 100% winter hardiness showed a variety of welch onion Green feathers. From the studied 71 species and 194 samples of bows of perennial different ecological and geographical origin under the conditions of the Moscow region in the subgenus Amerallium plants A. neapolitanum Cirillo (Molium section) and A. ursinum L. …”
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Depredación de aves acuáticas por la nutria neotropical (Lontra longicaudis annectens), en el río Yaqui, Sonora, México Aquatic bird predation by neotropical river otter (Lontra lo... by Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso, Nadia Nayeli Ramos-Rosas, Óscar Rangel-Aguilar

“…As many as 25 skulls, post-cranial skeletons and feathers were found at river otter feeding sites. The neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) was the most predated bird with 16 individuals, followed by Mexican mallard (Anas platyrhynchos diazi) with 4 individuals, great egret (Ardea alba) with 3 individuals, yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), and brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), both with 1 individual. …”
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Collatz Attractors Are Space-Filling by Idriss J. Aberkane

“…The algebraic topology of Collatz attractors (or “Collatz Feathers”) remains very poorly understood. In particular, when pushed to infinity, is their set of branches discrete or continuous? …”
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Tablets, Pens, and Pencils: The Influence of Tools on Sketching in Early Stage Design by Das, Madhurima, Huang, May, Yang, Maria C

“…Based on prior literature, we posit that women and gender minorities will produce fewer sketches and use the feathering style of sketching more than men.</jats:p> <jats:p>We find that sketch quality is highest for pencil drawings and lower for tablet and pen drawings. …”
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Synthetic shuttlecock dynamics by Loh, Zhi Han

“…Shuttlecocks are mainly divided into two types, based on the material they are manufactured from, naturally feathered and synthetic. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the authority in charge of grading and recognising shuttlecocks based on factors of aerodynamics, durability, and consistency. …”
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