As urban areas expand rapidly worldwide, wildlife is exposed to a wide range of novel
environmental stressors, such as increased air pollution and artificial light at night. Birds in …

It is known that glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) belongs to the first and second levels of the
antioxidant network and is involved in the regulation of many important cellular pathways …

Co-occurrence of mycotoxin contamination of feeds is a frequent problem, therefore the
purpose of this study was to evaluate the combined effect of T-2 toxin and deoxynivalenol …

Abstract Throughout the Western World, huge numbers of people regularly supply food for
wild birds. However, evidence of negative impacts of winter feeding on future reproduction …

Organisms face resource trade-offs to support their parental effort and survival. The life-
history oxidative stress hypothesis predicts that an individual's redox state modulates the …

In oviparous animals, maternally transferred antioxidants protect the embryo from oxidative
damage from high rates of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production incurred by rapid …

Background: The central nervous system (CNS) is involved in organic integration. Nervous
modulation via bioactive compounds can modify metabolism in order to prevent systemic …

Variation in blue‐green and brown coloration of avian eggshells could be affected by
several factors, including environmental nutritional constraints. Better availability of nutrients …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of high pre‐slaughter environmental
temperature on meat (Longissimus lumborum muscle) quality traits of Italian autochthonous …

Oviparous mothers transfer to their eggs components that have both independent and
combined effects on offspring phenotype. The functional interaction between egg …