Sentence examples for egg laying birds from inspiring English sources

We have also identified CREMP sequences in the genomes of Zebra finch and in an oviparous lizard; they are likely widely represented in egg laying birds and reptiles.

In addition to the defined standard and recombinant lines, a population of 1189 fully pedigreed commercial (i.e., multiple line hybrids) egg laying birds produced from the mating of 15 males with 142 females was genotyped.

Turkeys and spent hens (egg-laying birds that have finished their laying cycles) are generally run at higher temperatures 59 to 60 °C (138 to 140 °F).

For urban farmers looking to retain some big-city sophistication, there is a New York-style solution for housing egg-laying birds: the Chicken Co-op ($3,500).

Broiler chickens receive coccidiostats via feed during their entire lifespan, whereas for egg-laying birds the use of coccidiostats is forbidden.

Based on these and other data, we propose that eggshell thinning could represent a developmental effect in the Müllerian duct rather than a direct effect of pollutants in the oviduct of the adult egg-laying bird.

He reinforced the fact that modern and ancient birds produced oval-shaped eggs due to internal mechanisms involved in egg laying by birds.

He then returns to the external parts associated with the torso and limbs of the live bearing and egg laying quadrupeds, birds, and fish; and ends by discussing a number of animals that 'dualize' between being land-dwellers and water dwellers or flyers.

The breeding status of birds in each nestbox was classified as one of the three categories: Empty box empty or with only a small amount of mosses, the typical material used by tits (less than 1 cm layer, usually much less), Nest Present advanced nest-building stage (more than 1 cm layer of mosses; usually almost a full nest present) or egg laying, and Bird Present eggs or nestlings present.

IBV infection leads to severe economic losses in the poultry industry because of poor weight gain and feeding efficiency in broilers or reduced egg production and egg quality in laying birds.

Swedish birds (21 birds, 13 males, 8 females) were caught in the end of May 2005 (all birds were caught prior to any egg laying) and Nigerian birds were caught in one session from February to March 2005 and in a second session in January 2006 (22 Nigerian birds were caught, 14 males, 8 females).