The system developed at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute can identify the type of meat in shop-bought meals, and ...

UC Davis researchers are using a $6 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to identify and breed a new strain of chickens that will resist Newcastle disease, which devastate ...

Apparently, fat roosters aren't very good at making chicks. The world's largest chicken breeder has discovered that a key breed of rooster has a genetic issue that is reducing its fertility, and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Ayam Cemani is a rare breed of chicken that is completely black, including its organs, muscles, and bones. This chicken originates in Indonesia, where many locals keep ...

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...