Pigeons are important commercial poultry in addition to being ornamental birds. In 2021,
more than 111 million pairs of breeding pigeons were kept in stock and 1.6 billion squabs …

Pigeon is an important economic poultry species in many countries. As an altricial bird, its
growth and development are largely reliant on pigeon milk produced by the crop tissue in …

The purpose of this experiment was to explore the effects of zinc supplementation in
breeding pigeons diet on carcass traits, meat quality, antioxidant capacity and mRNA …

Endogenous peptides and proteins are important nutrients in milk and important participants
in various biological processes. In the present study, we compared endogenous peptides …

The objective of this study was to examine the keratin composition of crop milk, the variation
of epithelial thickness and keratin (K) gene expression in samples from young pigeon during …

Unlike other poultry, parent pigeons produce “pigeon milk” in their crops to nurture their
squabs, which is mainly controlled by prolactin (PRL). Exception for PRL, the pituitary gland …

This study was aimed at investigating the effects of diet iron levels on the blood iron status,
tissue iron content, mRNA levels, and the activity of iron-containing enzymes in different …

Since the dawn of life, transfers of metabolized material between individuals have led to
great innovations of evolution. When metabolized material is transferred from one …

Werkwijze Voor de weergave van de groei van nestjongen staan me vier complete
meetseries ter beschikking (van geboortedag tot tegen uitvliegen aan; geboortedag= dag 0) …