Aviagen is planning to invest US$40 million in a new poultry breeding cluster in Uzbekistan. The US poultry genetics company ...

The genetic diversity of chicken populations is a cornerstone of agricultural sustainability, evolutionary biology and the understanding of domestication processes. Modern research has revealed a ...

AMES, Iowa – Animal science faculty members at Iowa State University are studying the genetic makeup of chickens in Africa in an effort to improve nutrition and alleviate food scarcity across the ...

The Egyptian Fayoumi is thought to be a particularly ancient breed of chicken. An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find ...

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(Reuters) - The world's largest chicken breeder has discovered that a key breed of rooster has a genetic issue that is reducing its fertility, adding to problems constraining U.S. poultry production ...

The new chicken was bred by the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan.The Federal Government (FG) ...

Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals' genes evolved to express themselves differently, leading to signatures of domestication -- such as weaker bones and ...

Henriksen outlines how governments and the poultry industry must balance sustainability goals, animal welfare and protein ...