Guinea Fowl
Green Bio Based CaO from Guinea Fowl Eggshells
... from guinea fowl eggshells. The helmeted guinea fowl ( Numida meleagris ) accounts for almost 98% of birds kept by farmers in Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana and over 7% ...
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The energetic costs of trunk and distal limb loading during walking and running in guinea fowl Numida meleagris
... supported loads in walking mammals and guinea fowl. The ratio of net loaded to net unloaded metabolic rate is plotted as a function of the ratio of loaded (body mass plus load) to unloaded body mass (body ...
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Effects of Strain and Non-genetic Factors on the Egg Qualities and Carcass Characteristics of Indigenous Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris)
... Strain had no significant (p>0.05) effect on live weight and dress weight (Table 3). However, intestine weight was significantly (p<0.05) influenced by strain of birds. Pearl had the highest intestine weight, ...
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The energetic costs of trunk and distal limb loading during walking and running in guinea fowl Numida meleagris
... in guinea fowl Numida meleagris. Guinea fowl carry trunk loads more economically than do quadrupeds, and more economically than do the large majority of human subjects tested (Marsh et ...in ...
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Function of a large biarticular hip and knee extensor during walking and running in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
... the guinea fowl and turkey actively lengthens and absorbs work during the first part of stance, then actively shortens to produce work during the latter half of stance (Buchanan, 1999; Marsh, 1999; McGowan ...
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Evaluation of Loss in Vigour of the Dual Purpose French Guinea Fowl and Their Mixed Genetic Grade in Katsina, Nigeria
... that guinea hens were superior in average body weight (2.043 Kg) over guinea cocks ...of guinea fowl hens over cocks could be due to genetic improvement, weights of the female reproductive ...
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Running over rough terrain: guinea fowl maintain dynamic stability despite a large unexpected change in substrate height
... of guinea fowl with an unexpected drop in substrate height ( ...which guinea fowl maintain body weight support and conservative spring-like body dynamics in the perturbed ...response, ...
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Swing-leg trajectory of running guinea fowl suggest task-level priority of force regulation rather than disturbance rejection
... running guinea fowl encounter an unexpected pothole, late- swing leg retraction leads to variation in leg contact angle, which explains 80% of the variance in stance leg impulse ...
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Storage and Cooling Effects on Levels of Protein Carbohydrates, Fats, Minerals and Microbes in Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Meat Sold in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria
... group oxidation leads to formation of disulphide cross linkages or to the formation of mixed disulphide conjugates with glutathione, cysteine or other low molecular weight mercaptans [8, 9]. Hence, this study was carried ...
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Muscle force length dynamics during level versus incline locomotion: a comparison of in vivo performance of two guinea fowl ankle extensors
... the guinea fowl is considered a cursorial species, it also uses its hind limbs for behaviors such as propulsion during jumping for flight take-off and energy absorption during ...
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Guinea Fowl Keets Performance under Improved and Extensive Conditions in Anthony Patience Farms, Atta – Ikeduru, Imo – State, Nigeria
... of guinea fowl to increase income, meat production and egg production has not been investigated under free ...of guinea fowl in terms of growth rate and egg production in semi-improved systems ...
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Dietary protein level effect on growth, survival and feed utilization performance of Guinea fowl keets
... week until week four. The keets were put under artificial lighting until the end of experiment. Experimental birds and treatments. A total of ten Guinea fowl keets were collected after hatching from the ...
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Guinea Fowl Coronavirus Diversity Has Phenotypic Consequences for Glycan and Tissue Binding
... ABSTRACT Guinea fowl coronavirus (GfCoV) causes fulminating enteritis that can result in a daily death rate of 20% in guinea fowl ...affected guinea fowl flocks were sampled in ...
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How do treadmill speed and terrain visibility influence neuromuscular control of guinea fowl locomotion?
... previous guinea fowl studies is the lack of simultaneous measurements of joint dynamics and hindlimb muscle activity, as the current study focused on muscle activity, whereas the previous one focused on ...
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The mechanical function of linked muscles in the guinea fowl hind limb
... flexor cruris lateralis pars pelvica (FCLP) may influence both proximal and distal limb function. The anatomical position of the FCLP resembles that of a mammalian ‘hamstring’ and is referred to as the ‘semitendinosus’ ...
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Entraining the natural frequencies of running and breathing in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
... Recent studies in animal exercise have shown a coordination between the timing of ventilation and locomotion. A synchronization between these two systems, also known as locomotor/respiratory entrainment, has been ...
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Chemical Composition of Guinea Fowl (Numida Meleagris) Egg Shells
... (with His) were 173 mg/g cp (56.7 % in guinea fowl); 98.1 mg/g cp (51.9 %), 131 mg/g cp (58.3 %) and 188 mg/g cp (53.2 %). The TSAA in guinea fowl was 9.0 mg/g cp; 7.7 mg/g cp (francolin), 9.0 ...
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella enterica Isolated from Chicken and Guinea Fowl in Burkina Faso
... and guinea fowl ...from guinea fowl intestines ...and guinea fowl intestines in this study is worrying because these Salmonella strains can contaminate poultry carcasses if the ...
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The cost of running uphill: linking organismal and muscle energy use in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
... Because swing times are similar in level and uphill running in guinea fowl (R.L.M. and J. A. Carr, unpublished data) one would expect little change in the mechanical work required to swing the limbs with ...
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Performance of guinea fowl Numida meleagris during jumping requires storage and release of elastic energy
... the guinea fowl Numida meleagris during jumping using kinematic and force-plate ...muscles. Guinea fowl produced a peak vertical force of ...
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