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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Genetically modified fungus seen as key to making meat substitutes more environmentally friendly than chicken
Scientists in China have genetically modified a fungus commonly used in the production of meat substitutes to make it an even more environmentally friendly source of protein than chicken – one of the farmed animals that has the least ...
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Roslin: Genetic clues could help breed chickens resilient to flu
Scientists have uncovered genetic clues that could help protect chickens from deadly bird flu outbreaks, the Roslin Institute said.
Monday, May 29, 2023
Case concerning genetically selected chickens dismissed in England, UK
A legal challenge over the use of fast-growing chickens on farms in England, the United Kingdom, has been dismissed in the high court.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Dominican Republic's poultry sector imports egg genetics to boost chicken supply
The Dominican Poultry Association said that it has imported fertile egg genetics to increase the supply of chicken in the Dominican Republic and ensure the supply of chicken at affordable and competitive prices for the Christmas holidays.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Key to climate-resilient chicken lies in changing genetics, according to study in Ethiopia
The genetic make-up of indigenous chickens has changed to better cope with climatic challenges, giving hope to future breeding of more productive and climate-resilient livestock, a study in Ethiopia found.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Roslin: Chicken genetic insights could help tackle Campylobacter
A study involving chickens has revealed the genetic basis of resistance to Campylobacter which causes food poisoning, the Roslin Institute said.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Guangdong Wen explores genetics to produce meatier chickens
Guangdong Wen's Foodstuff Co Ltd, a major Chinese poultry producer, is tapping into genetics to develop meatier chickens for China's supermarket and fast-food sectors, the company's director, Wen Pengcheng, told Reuters.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Genetic dissection of growth traits in a Chinese indigenous x commercial broiler chicken cross
In this study, we generated an F2 intercross between the slow growing native broiler breed, Huiyang Beard chicken, and the fast growing commercial broiler breed, High Quality chicken Line A, and used it to map loci explaining the difference ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Transmission and genetic diversity of Enterococcus faecalis among layer chickens during hatch
Studies on transmission of Enterococcus faecalis among chickens during hatch have not been carried out so far. Information about vertical transmission and subsequent spreading and colonization of the cloacal mucosa through cloacal 'drinking ...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Chicken meat quality: genetic variability and relationship with growth and muscle characteristics
Meat quality is closely related to the decrease in muscle pH post-mortem. We look closely on how variations in the extent of decrease in pH are also responsible for variations in meat quality, particularly in chicken meat.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Chicken meat quality: genetic variability and relationship with growth and muscle characteristics
This article evaluated the genetic parameters of several breast meat quality traits and their genetic relationship with muscle characteristics.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Progress from chicken genetics to the chicken genome
This article discusses the merits of the chicken as a model organism for furthering our derstanding of biology and the review on some of these contributions, trace the path from the origin of molecular genetics to the sequence of the chicke ...
Monday, June 6, 2005
Genetically modified chickens contribute to fight against cancer
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