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A bird's eye view: the chicken visual system

Published: January 20, 2021
Summary
Avian species rely heavily on vision to provide them with necessary information about their surroundings. Chickens rely on their sense of vision to recognize: Other chickens. Predators. Another chicken's intentions (which allows birds to avoid unwanted aggression). Location of resources, such as food and water. Although there is evidence that domestication has weakened a chicken's sense...
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Authors:
Anna Magnaterra
University of Maryland (USA)
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Shawna Weimer
University of Arkansas (USA)
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Prafulla Regmi
University of Georgia
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Leonie Jacobs
Virginia Tech
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Marisa Erasmus
Purdue University (USA)
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K.M. Al Mehdi
Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Ltd
25 de enero de 2021

Thank you all honorable authors for your very informative article regarding the chicken visual system.

Wahmed Ahmed
CPC - Cairo Poultry Company
29 de marzo de 2021
very very interesting. Thank you
Ahmedhussein Zahra
4 de abril de 2021
Thank you
Sinisa Kljajic
27 de junio de 2021
Very nice explanation. Can you add something about extra retinal perception of light in poultry? It's very interesting and probably not investigated completely. Kind regards
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