| December 1997CONTENTSVolume 38, Number 5 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Behavioural and anatomical consequences of two beak trimming methods in 1- and 10-d-old domestic chicks. M. J. Gentle, B. O. Hughes, A. Fox and D. Waddington 453 Vehicle design and thermal comfort of poultry in transit. C. A. Weeks, A. J. F. Webster and H. M. Wyld 464 DISEASE Disease outbreak in laying hens arising from the consumption of fumonisin-contaminated food. Shetty H. Prathapkumar, Sudershan V. Rao, Rao J. Paramkishan and Ramesh V. Bhat 475 GENETICS Antibody transmitting ability of hens from lines of chickens differing in response to SRBC antigen. K. Boa-Amponsem, E. A. Dunnington and P. B. Siegel 480 IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY Evaluation of the influence of supplementing the diet with mannose or palm kernel meal on salmonella colonisation in poultry. V. M. Allen, F. Fernandez and M. H. Hinton 485 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Effects of AvGard™ treatment on the micro- biological flora of poultry carcases. G. Salvat, P. Coppen, J. C. Allo, S. Fenner, M. J. Laisney, M. T. Toquin, F. Humbert and P. Colin 489 Influence of dietary vitamin E and oxidised sunflower oil on the storage stability of cooked chicken muscle. K. Galvin, P. A. Morrissey and D. J. Buckley 499 Microbial status of chicken portions and portioning equipment. J. S. Holder, J. E. L. Corry and M. H. Hinton 505 NUTRITION Effects of dietary sorghum of different tannin concentrations and tallow supplementation on the performance of broiler chicks. J. Pour-Reza and M. A. Edriss 512 Effects of dietary protein, methionine and lysine on urinary amino acid excretion in turkeys. F. F. Jirjis, P. E. Waibel and G. E. Duke 518 Comparison of performance and intestinal characteristics of broiler chickens fed on diets containing whole, rolled or ground barley. B. Svihus, O. Herstad, C. W. Newman and R. K. Newman 524 Effect of inclusion of sugar beet pulp, pelleting and season on laying hen performance. M. Almirall, R. Cos, E. Esteve-Garcia and J. Brufau 530 Interactions between dietary fat type and xylanase supplementation when rye-based diets are fed to broiler chickens: 1. Physico-chemical chyme features. 537 2. Performance, nutrient digestibility and the fat-soluble vitamin status of livers. S. D nicke, O. Simon, H. Jeroch and M. Bedford 546 Effects on chick performance and nutrient digestibility of an endo-xylanase added to a wheat- and rye-based diet in relation to fat source. D. J. Langhout, J. B. Schutte, C. Geerse, A. K. Kies, J. De Jong and M. W. A. Verstegen 557 Responses in growth, food intake and food conversion efficiency to different dietary protein concentrations in meat-type lines of Japanese quail. L. Hy nkov , L. Dedkov , H. Kn zetov and D. Klecker 564 Effect of choice feeding on the performance of broilers. M. D. Olver and A. Jonker 571 Evaluation of homoarginine as a marker for the determination of endogenous amino acid concentrations in poultry excreta. K. Angkanaporn, V. Ravindran, Y. Mollah and W. L. Bryden 577 Diet selection by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in relation to ambient temperature and metabolic rate. M. G. McLeod and L. A. Dabutha 586 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Localisation of MHC class IIlymphocytes and immunoglobulins in the oviduct of laying and moulting hens. Y. Yoshimura, T. Okamoto and T. Tamura 590 Fluoride tolerance of laying hens. C. B. Coetzee, N. H. Casey and J. A. Meyer 597 SURGERY An improved colostomy technique in turkeys. F. F. Jirjis, P. E. Waibel, G. E. Duke and J. M. McNab 603 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Effect of dietary protein and environmental temperature on growth performance and water consumption of male broiler chickens. F. Alleman and B. Leclercq 607 Responses of immature pullets to repeated cycles of gradual increases and abrupt decreases in photoperiod. P. D. Lewis, G. C. Perry and T. R. Morris 611 CORRESPONDENCE 614 ANNOUNCEMENTS 615 TITLE-PAGE, VOLUME CONTENTS, SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEXES, 1997 617 September 1997CONTENTSVolume 38, Number 4 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Shackling of broilers:effects on stress responses and breast meat quality. G. Kannan, J. L. Heath, C. J. Wabeck and J. A. Mench 323 GENETICS Feather pecking behaviour in White Leghorns, a genetic study. J. B. Kjaer and P. S rensen 333 IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY Effect of dietary fatty acids on humoral immune response of turkeys. A. Friedman and D. Sklan 342 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Effect of beta-aminoproprionitrile on eggshell formation. J. L. Arias, M. Cataldo, M. S. Fernandez and E. Kessi 349 Problem of pale soft exudative meat in broiler chickens. S. Barbut 355 Effects of selection, over three and four generations, on meat yield and fatness in Muscovy ducks. E. Baeza, H. de Carville, M. R. Salichon, G. Marche and B. Leclercq 359 Effect of clenbuterol on growth, carcase and skeletal muscle characteristics in broiler chickens. C. Rehfeldt, R. Schadereit, R. Weikard and K. Reichel 366 Preincubation storage of turkey eggs: impact on rate of early embryonic development. M. R. Bakst and S. K. Gupta 374 Carcase and component yields of rheas. J. Sales, J. L. Navarro, L. Bellis, A. Manero, M. Lizurume and M. B. Martella 378 NUTRITION Food restriction and development of thermoregulation in Muscovy ducklings (Cairina moschata). M. A. S. Harun, M .van Kampen, R. J. Veeneklaas, G. H. Huisman and G. H. Visser 381 Effect of soaking, germination, and enzyme treatment of whole barley on nutritional value and digestive tract parameters of broiler chickens. B. Svihus, R. K. Newman and C. W. Newman 390 Performance, breast meat yield and abdominal fat deposition of male broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with DL-methionine or DL-methionine hydroxy analogue free acid. E. Esteve-Garcia and LL. Llaurad 397 Effects of amino acid balance and energy: protein ratio on energy and nitrogen metabolism in male broiler chickens. M. G. MacLeod 405 Effect of temperature of wet extrusion on the nutritional value of full-fat soyabeans for broiler chickens. N. S. Perilla, M. P. Cruz, F. de Belalc zar and G. J. Diaz 412 Studies on effects of nutritional factors on bone structure and osteoporosis in laying hens. J. S. Rennie, R. H. Fleming, H. A. McCormack, C. C. McCorquodale and C. C. Whitehead 417 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Tissue concentrations and pharmacokinetics of florfenicol in broiler chickens. N. A. Afifi and K. Abo El-Sooud 425 Physiological inhibition of growth hormone secretion by both insulin-like growth factors-I and -II in chickens. G. S. G. Spencer, J. Buyse, E. Decuypere and G. Rahimi 429 Effect of ketone bodies on crop emptying in the chicken. M. Furuse, R. T. Mabayo, Y. Miyachi and J. Okumura 432 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Effects of dietary cholestyramine on the utilisation of diets containing medium or long chain triacylglycerols by chicks. M. Furuse, R. T. Mabayo and J. Okumura 436 Ligation of caeca improves nitrogen utilisation and decreases urinary uric acid excretion in chickens fed on a low protein diet plus urea. Y. Karasawa, J-H. Son and K. Koh 439 Moderate excess of dietary vitamin E does not exacerbate cholecalciferol deficiency in young broiler chicks. I. Bartov 442 A study on the growth curve and maximum profit from layer-type cockerel chickens. Fan Yue gang and Ye Shu zhen 445 BOOK REVIEW Principles of Poultry Science 447 July 1997CONTENTSVolume 38, Number 3 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Comparison of food intake, rate of consumption, pecking activity and behaviour in layer and broiler breeder males. P. M. Hocking, B. O. Hughes and S. Keer-Keer 237 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY Distribution of blastodermal cells transferred to chick embryos for chimera production using windowed eggs. T. Maeda, Y. Yamakawa, K. Masuda and T. Terada 241 GENETICS Inheritance of wing feather development rate in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). S. K. Pal and H. Singh 245 Comparison of selection based on phenotype, selection index and best linear unbiased prediction using data from a closed broiler line. A. J. Morris and G. E. Pollott 249 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Effect of vitamin A on the oxidative stability of broiler meat during storage: lack of interactions with vitamin E. I. Bartov, D. Sklan and A. Friedman 255 Comparative studies on the histochemical properties of M. iliotibialis lateralis from Kumamoto Cochin crossbred roaster and broiler chickens. H. Iwamoto, Y. Fukumitsu, M. Matsuzaki, Y. Takemoto, S. Morita and H. Takahara 258 NUTRITION Utilisation of squilla meal (a novel animal protein source) by broilers. V. Ravinder Reddy, V. Ravindra Reddy and S. Qudratullah 263 Influence of caecectomy and dietary protein concentration on apparent excreta amino acid digestibility in adult cockerels. K. Angkanaporn, V. Ravindran and W. L. Bryden 270 Utilisation of U-14 C-lysine by young turkeys. C. L. Saunderson, P. E. Waibel and C. C. McCorquodale 277 Effects of sex, age and food intake upon metabolisable energy values in broiler chickens. J. Zelenka 281 Ileal amino acid digestibility assay for the growing meat chicken-effect of the imposition of a fasting period and the nature of the test diet. I. T. Kadim and P. J. Moughan 285 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Compensatory growth of broiler chickens is associated with an enhanced pulsatile growth hormone (GH) secretion: preferential amplification of GH secretory burst mass. J. Buyse, E. Decuypere and J. D. Veldhuis 291 Effect of novelty and restraint on catecholamines in plasma of laying hens. G. Beuving and H. J. Blokhuis 297 Effects of early heat exposure on thermoregulatory responses and blood viscosity of broilers prior to marketing. W. T. Zhou, M. Fujita, T. Ito and S. Yamamoto 301 Transport of L-valine by the chicken caecum. J. M. Planas, E. Gonz lez, R. Ferrer and M. Moret 307 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS A comparative study between mature ostriches (Struthio camelus) and adult cockerels with regard to the true and apparent digestibilities of amino acids. S. C. Cilliers, J. P. Hayes, A. Chwalibog, J. J. Du Preez and J. Sales 311 Growth rate of different sexes of the European quail (Coturnix coturnix). J. J. Du Preez and J. Sales 314 BOOK REVIEW Poultry Immunology 316 ANNOUNCEMENTS 317 May 1997CONTENTSVolume 38, Number 2 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Effects of plastic anti-pecking devices on food intake and behaviour of laying hens fed on pellets or mash. C. J. Savory and J. D. Hetherington 125 Bone characteristics and body weight of broilers in different husbandry systems. B. Tolon and S. Yalcin 132 Equating the perceived intensity of coloured lights to hens. D. S. Prayitno and C. J. C. Phillips 136 Effect of size and timing of photoperiod increase on age at first egg and subsequent performance of two breeds of laying hen. P. D. Lewis, G. C. Perry and T. R. Morris 142 Feeding and pecking behaviour in ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks in captivity. C. G. M. Paxton, N. E. Bubier and D. C. Deeming 151 GENETICS Genetic studies on primary antibody response to sheep erythrocytes in guinea fowl. V. K. Saxena, H. Singh, S. K. Pal and S. Kumar 156 Heterophil/lymphocyte ratio as a selection criterion for heat resistance in domestic fowls. W. K. Al-Murrani, A. Kassab, H. Z. Al-Sam and A. M. K. Al-Athari 159 IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY Pharmacokinetic evaluation of enrofloxacin in chickens. M. I. Abd El-Aziz, M. A. Aziz, F. A. Soliman and N. A. Afify 164 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Carcase and meat quality in broilers either killed with a gas mixture or stunned with an electric current under commercial processing conditions. A. B. M. Raj, L. J. Wilkins, I. R. Richardson, S. P. Johnson and S. B. Wotton 169 Microstructure of white and dark turkey meat batters as affected by pH. S. Barbut 175 Influence of activity and dietary energy on broiler performance, carcase yield and sensory quality. S. Lei and G. van Beek 183 Effect of the method of killing, interval between killing and neck cutting and blood vessels cut on blood loss in broilers. A. B. M. Raj and S. P. Johnson 190 Spread of an enteric 'marker' organism during evisceration of New York dressed poultry in a simulated kitchen environment. G. C. Mead and M. J. Scott 195 NUTRITION Effects of dietary crude protein content and food intake on the production of semen in two lines of broiler breeder males. P. M. Hocking and R. Bernard 199 Effect of sweet, bitter and soaked micronised bitter lupins on broiler performance. M. D. Olver and A. Jonker 203 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Photorefractory period of the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata): endocrine and neuro-endocrine responses to day length after a full reproductive cycle. J-M. Jacquet 209 Comparative study of ovomucoid isolated from Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata), domestic goose (Anser anser) and domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos). K. Nicol, H. Watson and L. Stevens 217 SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Effect of feeding clinoptilolite (zeolite) on the performance of three strains of laying hens. M. D. Olver 220 Chemical composition of the Pearl Grey guinea fowl. J. Sales, J. J. du Preez and S. A. van Niekerk 223 Erratum 225 March 1997CONTENTSVolume 38, Number 1 EDITORIAL 5 ANNOUNCEMENTS 6 THE GORDON MEMORIAL LECTURE Chicken anaemia virus-a glimpse of the future? M. S. McNulty 7 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Concentrations and emission rates of aerial ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, carbon dioxide, dust and endotoxin in UK broiler and layer houses. C. M. Wathes, M. R. Holden, R. W. Sneath, R. P. White and V. R. Phillips 14 Effects of male body weight, strain and dietary protein content on fertility and musculo- skeletal disease in naturally mated broiler breeder males. P. M. Hocking and R. Bernard 29 Behavioural development in groups of pen-housed pullets in relation to genetic strain, age and food form. C. J. Savory and J. S. Mann 38 Ability of laying hens to negotiate horizontal perches at different heights, separated by different angles. G. B. Scott, N. R. Lambe and D. Hitchcock 48 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY CD3 cells in the intestine of broilers inoculated with intestinal homogenate. Z. Sevc kov 55 IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY Antibacterial activity of formic and propionic acids in the diet of hens on salmonellas in the crop. Jane L. Thompson and M. Hinton 59 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Segmented polynomial model for estimation of egg production curves in laying hens. F. B. Fialho and M. C. Ledur 66 Occurrence of pale soft exudative meat in mature turkey hens. S. Barbut 74 Acceleration of post-mortem changes in Tsaiya duck (Anas platyrhynchos) breast muscle by lactic acid marination. Rong-Ghi R. Chou, Tsai-Fuh Tseng and Ming-Tsao Chen 78 Tissue content of a -tocopherol and oxidative stability of broilers receiving dietary a -tocopheryl acetate supplement for various periods pre-slaughter. P. A. Morrissey, S. Brandon, D. J. Buckley, P. J. A. Sheehy and M. Frigg 84 NUTRITION Development of an ileal amino acid digestibility assay for the growing chicken- effects of time after feeding and site of sampling. I. T. Kadim and P. J. Moughan 89 A comparative study between mature ostriches (Struthio camelus) and adult cockerels with respect to true and apparent metabolisable energy values for maize, barley, oats and triticale. S. C. Cilliers, J. P. Hayes, A. Chwalibog, J. J. Du Preez and J. Sales 96 Effect of added soyabean oil and dietary energy on metabolisable and net energy of broiler diets. Z. Nitsan, A. Dvorin, Z. Zoref and S. Mokady 101 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Effects of environmental temperature and heat production due to food intake on abdominal temperature, shank skin temperature and respiration rate of broilers. W. T. Zhou and S. Yamamoto 107 SHORT COMMUNICATION Effect of sweet lupins on duckling growth. M. D. Olver 115 BOOK REVIEWS Proceedings First International Symposium on the Artificial Insemination of Poultry 118; Reproduction in Poultry 118 Volume 37 Supplement 1996 1996 SPRING MEETING OF THE WPSA (UK BRANCH) The abstracts in this supplement are of communications presented at the Spring Meeting of the UK Branch of the World's Poultry Science Association, which was held at Scarborough on the 21st and 22nd March 1996. BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT S7 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY S29 IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY S37 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE S39 NUTRITION S41 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY S85 Volume 37 Number 5 December 1996 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Effect of constant and of changing photoperiods on age at first egg and related traits in pullets. P. D. Lewis, G. C. Perry and T. R. Morris 885 Behavioural adaptation of laying hens to dilution of diets under mash and pellet form. M. Vilari o, M. L. Picard, J. P. Melcion and J. M. Faure 895 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY Effects of fasting and refeeding on structures of the intestinal villi and epithelial cells in White Leghorn hens. K. Yamauchi, H. Kamisoyama and Y. Isshiki 909 Effect of tibial dyschondroplasia on carcase part weights and bone characteristics. S. Yal in, Y. Akbas, P. Settar and T. G n l 923 Maturation and ovulation of Japanese quail oocytes under in vitro conditions B. Olszanska, A. Malewska and U. Stepinska 929 ArtiÞcial increase of eggshell conductance improves hatchability of early laid goose eggs. M. Meir and A. Ar 937 GENETICS Repeatability and phenotypic correlations for body weight and reproduction in commercial ostrich breeding pairs. S. J. van Schalkwyk, S. W. P. Cloete and J. A. De Kock 953 Effect of dietary protein content on live and carcase performance of heterozygous naked neck and normally feathered broilers. S. Yal in, S. zkan, Z. A ikg z and K. zkan 963 NUTRITION Studies on the toxic effects of crambe meal and two of its constituents, 1-cyano-2- hydroxy-3-butene (CHB) and epi-progoitrin, in broiler chick diets. P. Kloss, E. Jeffery, M. Tumbleson, Y. Zhang, C. Parsons and M. Wallig 971 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Routes of yolk utilisation in the newly-hatched chick. Y. Noy, Z. Uni and D. Sklan 987 Effects of anticoagulants and storage (4C) on packed cell volume (PCV) of Nigerian domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) and guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). O. J. Uko and A. M. Ataja 997 Different characteristics in chick embryos of two broiler lines differing in susceptibility to ascites. E. Dewil, N. Buys, G. A. A. Albers and E. Decuypere 1003 ANNOUNCEMENTS 1015 Title-page, Volume Contents, Subject and Author Indexes, 1996 1017 Volume 37 Number 4 September 1996 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Space and density effects on group size preferences in laying hens. A. C. Lindberg and C. J. Nicol 709 Effects of dietary boron supplementation on laying hens. J. H. Wilson and P. L. Ruszler 723 Effects of dietary flax oil and hypobaric hypoxia on right ventricular hypertrophy and ascites in broiler chickens. J. M. Bond, R. J. Julian and E. J. Squires 731 GENETICS Response to long-term selection for egg production in laying hens. D. G. Poggenpoel, G. F. Ferreira, J. P. Hayes and J. J. du Preez 743 Selection for egg shell strength in laying hens using shell membrane characteristics. K. Johansson, J. rberg, A.-B. Carlgren and M. Wilhelmson 757 IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY Immunisation of chickens to reduce intestinal colonisation with Campylobacter jejuni. P. R. Widders, R. Perry, W. I. Muir, A. J. Husband and K. A. Long 765 Immunoresponsiveness of fast-growing chickens as influenced by feeding regimen. N. K. Praharaj, W. B. Gross, E. A. Dunnington, I. Nir and P. B. Siegel 779 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Oxidative stability and -tocopherol retention in turkey burgers during refrigerated and frozen storage as influenced by dietary -tocopheryl acetate. J. Wen, P. A. Morrissey, D. J. Buckley nad P. J. A. Sheehy 787 NUTRITION Effects of food intake, soaking time, enzyme and cornflour addition on the digestibility of the diet and performance of broilers given wet food. A. Y. Yalda and J. M. Forbes 797 Performance of broiler chicks fed on alkali-treated neem (Azadirachta indica) kernel cake as a protein supplement. D. Nagalakshmi, V. R. B. Sastry, D. K. Agrawal, R. C. Katiyar and S. V. S. Verma809 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Changes in blood and spleen lymphocyte populations following antigen challenge in immature male chickens. J. M. Trout, M. M. Mashaly and H. S. Siegel 819 Effects of heat production attributable to forced walking of thermoregulatory physiological responses of chickens in a warm environment. W. Zhou, J. Wang and S. Yamamoto 829 Role of body weight and food intake after photostimulation on ovarian function at first egg in broiler breeder females. P. M. Hocking 841 Soluble matrix of hen's eggshell extracts changes in vitro the rate of calcium carbonate precipitation and crystal morphology. J. Gautron, M. Bain, S. Solomon and Y. Nys 853 SHORT COMMUNICATION Chocolate: a sex-linked recessive plumage colour mutant of the domestic fowl. W. C. Carefoot 867 CORRESPONDENCE Comments on the 1995 Gordon Memorial Lecture: letter from B. O. Hughes and C. J. Savory; reply to Hughes and Savory from T. R. Morris 869 BOOK REVIEW Tropical Legumes in Animal Nutrition 873 Volume 37 Number 3 July 1996 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Automatic weighing of individual laying hens in aviary housing systems. C. Lokhorst 485 Effects of ambient temperature, age and wind speed on the thermal balance of layer-strain fowls. B. Tzschentke, M. Nichelmann and T. Postel 501 Behaviour, health and integument of four hybrids of laying hens in modified and conventional cages. P. Abrahamsson, R. Tauson and M. C. Appleby 521 Use of four types of litter for rearing broilers. M. Anisuzzaman and S. D. Chowdhury 541 Time budget and colour preferences (with specific reference to feeding) of ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks in captivity. N. E. Bubier, M. S. Lambert, D. C. Deeming, L. L. Ayres and R. M. Sibly 547 Influence of temperature during growth on responses of hens to high or low temperatures during lay. C. C. Kyarisiima and D. Balnave 553 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY Scanning electron microscopy of the respiratory epithelium of chicks fumigated with formaldehyde vapour. O. Fauziah, M. D. Purton and S. E. Solomon 563 GENETICS Crossbreeding effects on reproductive traits in two strains of duck (Anas platyrhynchos): Brown Tsaiya and Pekin. A. Velez, J. M. Brun and R. Rouvier 571 MEAT AND EGG SCIENCE Body weights carcase characteristics, organ weights, abdominal fat, and lipid content of liver and carcase in two lines of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) unselected and selected for four week body weight. I. Oguz, O. Altan, F. Kirkpinar and P. Settar 579 MICROBIOLOGY Persistence of Salmonella enteritidis in poultry units and poultry food. R. H. Davies and C. Wray 589 NUTRITION Short-term effects of food protein content on subsequent diet selection by chickens and the consequences of alternate feeding of high- and low-protein foods. J. M. Forbes and F. Shariatmadari 597 Increased small intestinal fermentation is partly responsible for the anti-nutritive activity of non-starch polysaccharides in chickens. M. Choct, R. J. Hughes, J. Wang, M. R. Bedford, A. J. Morgan nad G. Annison 609 Effects of dietary protein content, addition of nonessential amino acids and dietary methionine to cysteine balance on responses to dietary sulphur-containing amino acids in broilers. G. Huyghebaert and M. Pack 623 Relative responses of protein turnover in three different skeletal muscles to dietary lysine deficiency in chicks. S. Tesseraud, N. Maaa, R. Peresson and A. M. Chagneau 641 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Purification and characterisation of chicken liver monomeric glutathione peroxidase. S. Miyazaki and Y. Motoi 651 Intramagnal insemination of hens can eliminate negative influence of lipofectin on fertilising ability of spermatozoa. P. Trefil, P. Thoraval, J. Mika, F. Coudert and G. Dambrine 661 Dexamethasone-induced alterations in glucose tolerance and insulin, glucagon and adrenaline responses during the first month in White Leghorn chicks. J. Joseph, D. S. Dandekar and A. V. Ramachandran 665 Acclimation effects on fed and fasted broiler thermobalance during thermoneutral and high ambient temperature exposure. C. J. Wiernusz and R. G. Teeter 677 SHORT COMMUNICATION Mircrobial spoilage of ostrich (Struthio camelus) eggs. D. C. Deeming 689 BOOK REVIEWS Poultry Products Technology 695; Poultry Production 696 ANNOUNCEMENTS 701 Volume 37 Number 2 May 1996 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Individual variation in prelaying behaviour and the incidence of floor eggs. J. J. Cooper and M. C. Appleby 245 Production and economic results of commercial flocks with white layers in aviary systems and battery cages. P. L. M. van Horne 255 Relationships between the degree of food restriction and welfare indices in broiler breeder females. P. M. Hocking, M. H. Maxwell and M. A. Mitchell 263 Effects of changes in photoperiod and feeding opportunity on the performance of two breeds of laying hen. P. D. Lewis, G. C. Perry and T. R. Morris 279 Lighting and mortality rates in domestic fowl. P. D. Lewis, T. R. Morris and G. C. Perry 295 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY Effect of egg turning and fertility upon the sodium concentration of albumen of the Japanese quail. G. V. Latter and G. K. Baggott 301 Plasma viscosity values and the relationship with age and sex in normal commercial broiler and layer strains of chickens. G. W. Robertson and M. H. Maxwell 309 GENETICS Predicted response in food conversion ratio for growth by selection on the ratio or on linear component traits, in a (sequential) selection programme. A. N. M. Koerhuis and W. G. Hill 317 Line differences in resistance to Salmonella enteritidis PT4 infection. J. Protais, P. Colin, C. Beaumont, J. F. Guillot, F. Lantier, P. Pardon and G. Bennejean 329 MICROBIOLOGY The influence of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bacitracin on layer performance of chickens and cholesterol content of plasma and egg yolk. S. M. Abdulrahim, M. S. Y. Haddadin, E. A. R. Hashlamoun and R. K. Robinson 341 NUTRITION A comparison of the energy availability for chickens of ground and whole grain samples of two wheat varieties. M. Salah Uddin, S. P. Rose, T. A. Hiscock and S. Bonnet 347 Comparative development of digestive organs, intestinal disaccharidases and some blood metabolites in broiler and layer type chicks after hatching. M. Mahagna and I. Nir 359 Optimal diets for egg production. R. N. Curnow and R. V. Torenbeek 373 Ontogenetic development of proline intestinal transport in the domestic fowl. E. Gonzalez and M. P. Vinardell 383 Effect of probiotic supplementation on growth, nitrogen utilisation and serum cholesterol in broilers. B. Mohan, R. Kadirvel, A. Natarajan and M. Bhaskaran 395 Effects on dietary phosphorus of treating cottonseed meal with crystalline ferrous sulphate for the prevention of brown yolk discolouration. S. Panigrahi and V. E. Plumb 403 Effectiveness of dietary 25- and 1-hydroxycholecalciferol in combating tibial dyschondroplasia in broiler chickens. J. S. Rennie and C. C. Whitehead 413 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Effects of ambient temperature on broiler mineral balance partitioned into urinary and faecal loss. T. Belay and R. G. Teeter 423 Depletion of dietary sulphamonomethoxine and sulphadimethoxine from various tissues of laying hens. N. Furusawa, T. Mukai and H. Ohori 435 Effect of acute heat stress on heat shock protein 70 messenger RNA and on heat shock protein expression in the liver of broilers. J. E. Gabriel, J. A. Ferro, R. M. P. Stefani, M. I. T. Ferro, S. L. Gomes and M. Macari 443 Effect of age of donor on the responsiveness of dispersed and cultured chicken anterior pituitary cells to GnRH-I. R. C. M. Liu, P. J. Sharp and R. W. Lea 451 SHORT COMMUNICATION Threat-induced behavioural inhibition in Japanese quail genetically selected for contrasting adrenocortical response to mechanical restraint. R. B. Jones and D. G. Satterlee 465 BOOK REVIEWS Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection in Farm Animals 471 Poultry Production in Hot Climates 472; Egg Science and Technology 473 ANNOUNCEMENTS 475 Volume 37 Number 1 March 1996 GORDON MEMORIAL LECTURE Poultry Science: the next 20 years? T. R. Morris 5 BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE, HUSBANDRY AND ENVIRONMENT Effect of 5 hour increases in photoperiod and in feeding opportunity on age at first egg. P. D. Lewis, G. C. Perry and T. R. Morris 15 Influence of different handling methods and crating periods on plasma corticosterone concentrations in broilers. G. Kannan and J. A. Mench 21 Vitamin C supplementation and fear-reduction in Japanese quail: short-term cumulative effects. R. B. Jones, D. G. Satterlee, J. Moreau and D. Waddington 33 Effects of diurnally cycling constant temperatures on chicken growth and food intake. S. Yahaw, A. Straschnow, I. Plavnik and S. Hurwitz 43 Vertical temperature profiles at bird level in broiler houses. F. M. G. Boshouwers, F. G. Davelaar, W. J. M. Landman, E. Nicaise and J. van der Bos 55 EMBRYOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY Development of the small intestine in heavy and light strain chicks before and after hatching. Z. Uni, Y. Noy and D. Sklan 63 Mortality in near-term ostrich embryos during artificial incubation. C. R. Brown, D. Peinke and A. Loveridge 73 NUTRITION Interactions between dietary selenium, copper and sodium nitroprusside, a source of cyanide, in growing chicks and laying hens. R. H. Davis, J. Fear and A. C. Winton 87 Replacement of maize with sweet potato (Ipomea batatas L.) tuber meal in broiler diets. V. Ravindran and R. Sivakanesan 95 Studies on acid oils and fatty acids for chickens. I. Influence of age, rate of inclusion and degree of saturation on fat digestibility and metabolisable energy of acid oils. B. Vil and E. Esteve-Garcia 105 Studies on acid oils and fatty acids for chickens. II. Effect of free fatty acid content and degree of saturation of free fatty acids and neutral fat on fatty acid digestibility. B. Vil and E. Esteve-Garcia 119 Studies on acid oils and fatty acids for chickens. III. Effect of chemical composition on metabolisable energy of by-products of vegetable oil refining. B. Vil and E. Esteve-Garcia 131 Maximum nutritional response to poor-quality protein and amino acid utilisation. K. N. Boorman and G. M. Ellis 145 Effects of enzyme supplementation on the nutritive value of dehulled lupins. G. Annison, R. J. Hughes and M. Choct 157 Effects of oven-drying tubers of two high-protein sweet potato varieties at different temperatures on their feeding value in broilers. S. Panigrahi, E. B. Oguntona and B. R. Roberts 173 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NEUROBIOLOGY Protective effect of ubiquinone, (coenzyme Q9) on ascites in broiler chickens. K. Nakamura, K. Noguchi, T. Aoyama, T. Nakajima and N. Tanimura 189 Incorporation of selenium into egg proteins from dietary selenite. R. H. Davis and J. Fear 197 Egg-shell deposition and blood plasma inorganic phosphorus concentration in individual laying hens. S. P. Gunaratne and K. N. Boorman 213 SHORT COMMUNICATION Effects of partially hydrolysed guar gum on feeding behaviour and crop emptying rate in chicks. M. Fururse and R. T. Mabayo 223 BOOK REVIEWS Amino Acids in Farm Animal Nutrition 229; Avian Hematology and Cytology 230 ANNOUNCEMENTS 233 |