Increasing public awareness of foodborne illnesses, factory farming, and the ecological
footprint of the meat industry, has generated the need for animal-free meat alternatives. In …

Environmental stressors can promote the vulnerability of animals to infections; it is therefore,
essential to understand how stressors affect the immune system, the adaptive capacity of …

Wooden breast is one of several myopathies of fast-growing commercial broilers that has
emerged as a consequence of intensive selection practices in the poultry breeding industry …

Background Exposure to heat stress suppresses poultry immune responses, which can
increase susceptibility to infectious diseases and, thereby, intensify the negative effects of …

Simple Summary The broiler chicken is one of the most important livestock species in the
world, as it occupies a major role in the modern human diet. Due to uneven artificial …

Heat stress adversely affects the growth performance, muscle development, and protein
metabolism in poultry. l-Citrulline (L-Cit), is a non-essential amino acid that is known to …

Organisms adapt to daily and seasonal environmental changes to maximise their metabolic
and reproductive fitness. For seasonally breeding animals, photoperiod is considered the …

Exposure to high ambient temperature has detrimental effects on poultry welfare and
production. Although changes in gene expression due to heat exposure have been well …

Simple Summary Tropical regions exhibit a wide range of climatic and environmental
conditions. Therefore, to optimize the selection of genetic approaches to address heat stress …

Indigenous poultry breeds from Africa can survive in harsh tropical environments (such as
long arid seasons, excessive rain and humidity, and extreme heat) and are resilient to …