The perinatal period is a sensitive time in mammalian development that can have long-
lasting consequences on offspring phenotype via maternal effects. Maternal effects have …

Background: In low-and middle-income countries where vaccination rates are low, tetanus is
still an important threat to public health. Although maternal and neonatal tetanus remains a …

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a major economic problem in commercial chicken farms
with acute multiple-system infection, especially in respiratory and urogenital systems. A live …

Maternal effects are widely observed, but their adaptive nature remains difficult to describe
and interpret. We investigated adaptive maternal effects in a clone of the crustacean …

Duck viral hepatitis type I is a rapidly spreading infection lethal in young ducklings, caused
by the duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV). Vaccination of breeder ducks is a common practice to …

Maternal vaccination is essential for safeguarding both mother and foetus from infectious
diseases. This study investigated the immunogenicity and efficacy of a maternal ORF‐B2L …

Urbanization can cause innumerable abiotic and biotic changes that have the potential to
influence the ecology, behavior, and physiology of native resident organisms. Relative to …

The role of maternal investment in avian offspring has considerable life history implications
on production traits and therefore potential for the poultry industry. A first generation (G1) of …

Two experimental trials on commercial broiler (Ross-308) were conducted to evaluate the
carryover effect of artificial insemination (AI) in parent flock (PF) kept in cages (C), and on …

This research evaluates the effectiveness of local hatcheries in producing quality broiler day-
old chicks in Ghana. A total of 600 Cobb 500 unsexed day-old broiler chicks obtained from 3 …