Feed related costs are the main drivers of profitability of commercial poultry farms, and good
nutrition is mainly responsible for the exceptional growth rate responses of current poultry …

Feral pigeons are among the most familiar and abundant birds in the world, urban creatures
living in close association with humans yet possessing the characteristics of highly adapted …

Feeding comprises three consecutive behavioral acts which often merge into one
another:(1) foraging;(2) food acquisition;(3) digestion. Foraging is a matter of food searching …

A combination of autoradiography and horseradish peroxidase histochemistry was used to
identify telencephalic structures linking the sensory and motor components of the trigeminal …

The uniocular retinal field of Strix aluco is highly asymmetrical. The maximum width of 124°
is less than that recorded in any other vertebrate. Maximum retinal binocular field width …

Abstract The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, is a pelagic sea bird which feeds from the
surface of the sea and by shallow surface and plunge dives. Visits to breeding colonies are …

Used a deafferentation procedure with male Wistar rats to examine the contributions of
trigeminal orosensation to control of ingestive behavior. The procedure removed …

Pigeons' choices between larger, more delayed and smaller, less delayed reinforcers were
examined while the pigeons lived in the experimental chamber for 23-h sessions. In …

Data derived from studies of comparative anatomy, development, neuroanatomy, behaviour
and the reconstruction of fossils are combined to evaluate the evolution of the oral …

With the exception of primates, most vertebrates have laterally placed eyes. Binocular vision
in vertebrates has been implicated in several functions, including depth perception, contrast …