Animal domestication leads to diverse behavioral, physiological, and neurocognitive
changes in domesticated species compared to their wild relatives. However, the widely held …

How does domestication affect the brain? This question has broad relevance. Domesticated
animals play important roles in human society, and substantial recent work has addressed …

Understanding why some species thrive in captivity, while others struggle to adjust, can
suggest new ways to improve animal care. Approximately half of all Psittaciformes, a highly …

Despite the wide biodiversity of avian species of zootechnical interest in Spain, projects
aimed at characterizing these genotypes and their products are necessary. External and …

Simple Summary Biodiversity is one of the key principles of sustainability for food and
agriculture. The Veneto region, in Northern Italy, is one of the regions with the highest …

Selection of livestock has not only led to changes in the level of their performance but also
modified their behavior. As a result, within a single species, we have to deal with different …

The avian class is characterized by particularly strong variability in their domesticated
species. With more than 250 breeds and highly efficient commercial lines, domestic …

The use of artificial lighting for laying hens in poultry houses allows production optimization.
However, the effect of recent lighting technologies needs to be investigated, as their use can …

Simple Summary The onset of egg laying for hens is affected by genotype, nutritional body
status and environmental conditions. Local breeds (white eggshell breeds—Padovana and …

Domestication occurs due to captivity and artificially selecting animals for human benefit.
One effect of domestication is a reduction in brain and brain region sizes of domesticated …