This schedule will continue until the chicks can fly at around 7-8 months old. Like all birds, albatrosses have an organ called the proventriculus, similar to a human stomach. The proventriculus is ...

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a vital pathogen in poultry farms, which can induce respiratory, nephropathogenic, oviduct, proventriculus, and intestinal diseases. Based on the phylogenetic ...

Marchetti and colleagues present a promising, ex vivo culture method for the adult Drosophila midgut and other abdominal organs. Highlights include demonstrated organ viability for up to 72 hours and ...

The highly motile and versatile protozoan pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes a complex life cycle in the tsetse fly. Here we introduce the host insect as an expedient model environment for ...