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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)

Shawna Weimer

University of Arkansas (USA)

Prafulla Regmi

University of Georgia

Leonie Jacobs

Virginia Tech

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.

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Wahmed Ahmed

CPC - Cairo Poultry Company

29 de marzo de 2021

very very interesting. Thank you

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Ahmedhussein Zahra

4 de abril de 2021

Thank you

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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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