Article published the May 28, 2018
Heat stress pathophysiology As birds are homeothermic animals, they are able to maintain a relatively constant body temperature by balancing the production and dissipation of heat within their body. The mainte...
Article published the May 2, 2018
Gut infections can be a major source of efficiency loss, downtime and additional costs for veterinary treatment. Microbiota stabilization is central to the health of the digestive system. By reinforcing the co...
Article published the August 29, 2012
From the developing bud to the industrial bug...
Being considered as the oldest and best understood microorganism, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae still remains valuable to mankind's future. Since ages, ...
Article published the August 14, 2012
Rumen microbiology
The rumen is the first stomach of cattle, sheep and goats. All digestion in this organ is carried out by a microbial population which consists of ciliate protozoa, anaerobic bacteria and ...
Article published the July 30, 2012
Oxidation-reduction or simply redox reactions are an important class of chemical reactions encountered in many biological media. Redox reactions occur in living or- ganisms and are indeed essential to life. Th...
Article published the July 16, 2012
Reducing potential can be defined as the tendency of a system to gain or donate electrons, and it is a derivation of the Gibbs free energy change equation applied to redox reactions. Redox reactions are those ...