Frontiers in Physiology | Avian Physiology

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

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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

701 views

Review

Accepted on 09 Jun 2025

Avian circadian clock genes: ontogeny and role for adaptive programming in avian embryos

in Avian Physiology

Caleb James Wellard
Meltem Weger
Frédéric Gachon
Kate L Buchanan

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1586580

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

755 views

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

585 views

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Jun 2025

Greenness and pollution exposure predict corticosterone concentration in an urban songbird

in Avian Physiology

Mikus Abolins-Abols
Ray Yeager
Jay Turner
Ted Smith
Aruni Bhatnagar

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1603811

204 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

640 views

Original Research

Accepted on 05 May 2025

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

in Avian Physiology

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

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1583958

107 views

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

881 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

1,281 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

925 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

1,527 views

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

1,006 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

1,029 views

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

811 views

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

763 views