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Comparative chemical evaluation of two commercially available derivatives of hyaluronic acid (hylaform from rooster combs and restylane from streptococcus) used for soft tissue augmentation.

Nota bene: evolutionary biology. The male's dilemma.

Single-step divergent selection for male comb shape in two White Leghorn lines.

A tradeoff between immunocompetence and sexual ornamentation in domestic fowl.

Induction of the delayed footpad and wattle reaction to killed Staphylococcus aureus in chickens.

Interaction of hyaluronic acid with mucin, evaluated by gel permeation chromatography.

Comb size and estrogen levels toward the onset of lay in broiler and layer strain females under ad libitum and restricted feeding.

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy of hyaluronan: extended and intramolecularly interacting chains.

Altered procollagen mRNA expression during the progression of avian scleroderma.

Cryogen spray cooling during Nd:YAG laser treatment of hemangiomas. A preliminary animal model study.

Nd:YAG laser irradiation in conjunction with cryogen spray cooling induces deep and spatially selective photocoagulation in animal models.

Outbreak of comb necrosis in layer breeder chickens.

Light microscopic histochemical and immunohistochemical localisation of sulphated glycosaminoglycans in the rooster comb and wattle tissues.

Effects of gonadal steroids and their antagonists on the humoral immune response of immune-selected broiler chicks.

The suppressive effects of testosterone on growth in young chickens appears to be mediated via a peripheral androgen receptor; studies of the anti-androgen ICI 176,334.

Sensitivity to testosterone varies with strain, sex, and site of action in chickens.

Identification of a sperm cell attribute responsible for subfertility of roosters homozygous for the rose comb allele.

Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor in the comb, uropygial gland, testis, and epididymis in the domestic chicken.

Nutritional homeostatic capacity of a three-breed cross in poultry and associated effects of genotypes at the pea comb and endogenous viral element 1 loci.

A further comparison of the thumb-counting and comb-counting techniques used to determine Ctenocephalides felis infestation levels on dogs.