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Original Research

Published on 17 Jun 2025

Embryonic thermal conditioning and post-hatch heat challenge alter hypothalamic expression of genes related to appetite, thermoregulation, and stress modulation in broiler chicks

in Avian Physiology

Reagan Vaughan
Usman Sulaiman
Annalise Flynn
Fernando Biase
Noam Meiri
Dongmin Liu
Paul Siegel
Mark Cline
Elizabeth Gilbert

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1583958

2,716 views
2 citations

General Commentary

Published on 11 Jun 2025

General commentary: sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in lines of chickens selected for 8-week body weight

in Avian Physiology

Colin G. Scanes

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1607477

1,057 views

Original Research

Published on 10 Jun 2025

Growth performance and gut health of broilers fed heat- and enzyme-treated Vigna unguiculata and Cajanus cajan diets

in Avian Physiology

Filomena Dos Anjos
Julia Dibner
Frances Yan
Mercedes Vazquez-Anon
Ellen. S. Dierenfeld
Abilio P. Changule
Manuel Garcia-Herreros
Custódio G. Bila
Michael Chimonyo

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1561426

2,627 views

Review

Published on 06 Jun 2025

Role of nutritional and metabolic status on the pullet to hen transition and lifetime productivity

in Avian Physiology

Thiago L. Noetzold
Martin J. Zuidhof

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1585645

2,930 views
1 citation

Brief Research Report

Published on 05 Jun 2025

Effects of Trichomonas gallinae infection and diet on blood microbiome composition in european greenfinches (Chloris chloris)

in Avian Physiology

Tatjana Krama
Ronalds Krams
Sergejs Popovs
Dita Gudrā
Maija Ustinova
Dāvids Fridmanis
Giedrius Trakimas
Jorge Contreras-Garduño
Dina Cīrule
Markus J. Rantala

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1576833

2,208 views

Original Research

Published on 30 May 2025

Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches

in Avian Physiology

Rachel R. Reid
Neal Dawson
Eleanor Duncan
Robert Gillespie
Christopher Mitchell
Claire J. Branston
Pablo Capilla-Lasheras
Jelle Boonekamp
Davide M. Dominoni

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1592407

2,239 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 02 May 2025

Effects of cholinergic antagonists on ghrelin release and expression in the crop, proventriculus, and duodenum of newly hatched chickens

in Avian Physiology

Colin Guy Scanes
Klaudia Jaszcza
Krystyna Pierzchala-Koziec

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1553474

1,647 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Apr 2025

Effect of in ovo-fed amino acids on muscle and liver metabolome of broiler chickens at 24 h post-hatch

in Avian Physiology

Moustafa Yehia
Angel Rene Alfonso-Avila
Jean-Michel Allard Prus
Véronique Ouellet
Nabeel Alnahhas

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1542426

3,305 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Apr 2025

Interactive effects of high n-3 PUFA intake and cyclic heat stress under two dietary antioxidant levels in broiler chickens

in Avian Physiology

Vida Rezar
Manca Pečjak Pal
Alenka Levart
Alenka Nemec Svete
Tatjana Pirman
Janez Salobir
Jakob Leskovec

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1594095

2,242 views

Review

Published on 15 Apr 2025

Do first-time avian migrants know where they are going: the clock-and-compass concept today

in Avian Physiology

Nikita Chernetsov
Gleb Utvenko

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1562569

5,001 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 07 Apr 2025

Effect of heat stress on ileal epithelial barrier integrity in broilers divergently selected for high- and low-water efficiency

in Avian Physiology

Elizabeth S. Greene
Brooklee Roach
Maria Fernandez Cuadrado
Sara Orlowski
Sami Dridi

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1558201

2,460 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Endogenous mucosal phosphatases characterization in duodenum brush border membrane of laying hens

in Avian Physiology

Anna Hanauska
Vera Sommerfeld
Margit Schollenberger
Korinna Huber
Markus Rodehutscord

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1581088

1,618 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Recovery through resistance? nesting urban female song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) have a lower glucocorticoid response to disturbance and return to parental care as quickly as rural females

in Avian Physiology

Samuel J. Lane
Taylor E. Fossett
Isaac J. VanDiest
Kendra B. Sewall

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1520208

1,763 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of chicken immune organs affected by Marek’s disease virus infection at latency phases

in Avian Physiology

Yi Ding
John Dunn
Huanmin Zhang
Keji Zhao
Jiuzhou Song

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1520826

2,089 views

Original Research

Published on 21 Mar 2025

Determining how different ventilation shutdown plus methods change the electroencephalography, blood chemistry, corticosterone, and heat shock protein 70 of laying hens

in Avian Physiology

Kari L. Harding
Emmillie Boot
Jackson O. Evans
Sanjay B. Shah
Ramon D. Malheiros
Kenneth E. Anderson

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1534385

1,653 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2025

AAV-mediated transduction of songbird retina

in Avian Physiology

Pranav Kumar Seth
Dominik Heyers
Baladev Satish
Ezequiel Mendoza
Katrin Haase
Lisa Borowsky
Isabelle Musielak
Karl-Wilhelm Koch
Regina Feederle
Constance Scharff

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1549585

3,544 views

Editorial

Published on 10 Mar 2025

Editorial: The effect of muscle pathogenesis on avian physiology, animal welfare, and quality of muscle as a food

in Avian Physiology

Sandra G. Velleman
Wei Guo
Gale M. Strasburg

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1577465

1,237 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Mar 2025

Cardiac implications of chicken wooden breast myopathy

in Avian Physiology

Thea Parsberg Støle
Andreas Romaine
Thea Kleiberg
Vibeke Høst
Marianne Lunde
Almira Hasic
Tiril Aurora Lintvedt
Karen Wahlstrøm Sanden
Svein O. Kolset
Jens Petter Wold

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1547661

2,902 views

Original Research

Published on 28 Feb 2025

Feather corticosterone levels in the southern lapwing revealed no association with the degree of urbanization

in Avian Physiology

Verónica Quirici
Denyelle Kilgour
Elfego Cuevas
Susan Fletcher
Carlos Sarmiento
César González-Lagos
L. Michael Romero

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1523983

1,980 views

Mini Review

Published on 25 Feb 2025

Enhancing poultry health and productivity through the liver-gut axis with integrated nutritional and immunological approaches: a mini-review

in Avian Physiology

Felix Kwame Amevor
Victoria Anthony Uyanga
Liuting Wu
Dan Xu
Gang Shu
Yingjie Wang
Xiaoling Zhao

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1537099

4,305 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Feb 2025

Molecular characterization of the heterogeneity of satellite cell populations isolated from an individual Turkey pectoralis major muscle

in Avian Physiology

Hui Yu
Zhenyang Li
Joseph Yimiletey
Chunmei Wan
Sandra Velleman

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1547188

2,537 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 20 Feb 2025

“Distribution of dominant wavelengths predicts jackdaw (Corvus monedula) color discrimination performance”

in Avian Physiology

Farina Lingstädt
Aylin Apostel
Jonas Rose

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1543469

2,111 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2025

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of woody breast myopathy in broiler chickens

in Avian Physiology

Elizabeth S. Greene
Paula R. Chen
Carrie Walk
Mike Bedford
Sami Dridi

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1543788

2,328 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 20 Jan 2025

Sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in chickens divergently selected for 8-week body weight

in Avian Physiology

Paul B. Siegel
Christa F. Honaker

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2024.1534334

1,426 views
2 citations

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Embryonic thermal conditioning and post-hatch heat challenge alter hypothalamic expression of genes related to appetite, thermoregulation, and stress modulation in broiler chicks

General commentary: sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in lines of chickens selected for 8-week body weight

Growth performance and gut health of broilers fed heat- and enzyme-treated Vigna unguiculata and Cajanus cajan diets

Role of nutritional and metabolic status on the pullet to hen transition and lifetime productivity

Effects of Trichomonas gallinae infection and diet on blood microbiome composition in european greenfinches (Chloris chloris)

Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches

Effects of cholinergic antagonists on ghrelin release and expression in the crop, proventriculus, and duodenum of newly hatched chickens

Effect of in ovo-fed amino acids on muscle and liver metabolome of broiler chickens at 24 h post-hatch

Interactive effects of high n-3 PUFA intake and cyclic heat stress under two dietary antioxidant levels in broiler chickens

Do first-time avian migrants know where they are going: the clock-and-compass concept today

Effect of heat stress on ileal epithelial barrier integrity in broilers divergently selected for high- and low-water efficiency

Endogenous mucosal phosphatases characterization in duodenum brush border membrane of laying hens

Recovery through resistance? nesting urban female song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) have a lower glucocorticoid response to disturbance and return to parental care as quickly as rural females

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of chicken immune organs affected by Marek’s disease virus infection at latency phases

Determining how different ventilation shutdown plus methods change the electroencephalography, blood chemistry, corticosterone, and heat shock protein 70 of laying hens

AAV-mediated transduction of songbird retina

Editorial: The effect of muscle pathogenesis on avian physiology, animal welfare, and quality of muscle as a food

Cardiac implications of chicken wooden breast myopathy

Feather corticosterone levels in the southern lapwing revealed no association with the degree of urbanization

Enhancing poultry health and productivity through the liver-gut axis with integrated nutritional and immunological approaches: a mini-review

Molecular characterization of the heterogeneity of satellite cell populations isolated from an individual Turkey pectoralis major muscle

“Distribution of dominant wavelengths predicts jackdaw (Corvus monedula) color discrimination performance”

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of woody breast myopathy in broiler chickens

Sexual dimorphism for juvenile body weight in chickens divergently selected for 8-week body weight