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Leghorn Chicken

Known as: LEGHORNS, Leghorn, Livornese Chicken 
A small, commonly white-colored breed of poultry that is renowned for its ability to produce up to 300 chalk white eggs per year. The fully-grown… 
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2002
2002
Within- and between-strain genetic variability in White Leghorn detected through RAPD markers
1. Five White Leghorn (WLH) strains, namely G, H, I, J and C, differing in selection history, were screened for randomly… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Genetic variation within and between two Tyrrhenian populations of the Mediterranean alcyonarian Corallium rubrum
Allozymic variation of 13 gene loci was investigated in 2 samples of Corallium rubrum (L.) collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The tolerance of White Leghorn and broiler chicks, and turkey poults to diets that contained deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin)-contaminated wheat.
Three experiments were done to determine the effects of giving White Leghorn chickens, broiler chickens, and turkey poults diets… 
1980
1980
The physiological significance of androgen-induced ovulation in the hen.
The ovulation-inducing property of androgens in the laying hen was investigated. In a first experiment, four different androgens… 
1980
1980
Chromosomal localization of ev-1, a frequently occurring endogenous retrovirus locus in white Leghorn chickens, by in situ hybridization
The distribution of 12 endogenous retrovirus loci from 13 White Leghorn flocks of diverse geographical origin was examined, using… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Are potatoes teratogenic for experimental animals?
This study was designed to test in experimental animals the hypothesis (Renwick, 1972) that human spina bifida and anencephalus… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Biological activity of the vitamin D metabolite 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol in chickens and rats.
The biological activity of the vitamin D»metabolite 1,25-dihydroxy cholee alcif eroi was assessed in three experiments in the… 
1970
1970
Electrophoretic detection of multiple forms of trypsin-like activity in spermatozoa of the domestic fowl.
Buruiana (1956) reported the presence of trypsin activity in the spermatozoa of several species, including the cock. Recently… 
1968
1968
Pharmacodynamic study of DDT in cockerels.
White Leghorn cockerels were fed commercial DDT at levels of 250, 500, and 1000 μg/day in the diet. The absorption, distribution… 
1954
1954
Effect of dibenamine on progesterone-induced and spontaneous ovulation in the hen.
HUSTON and Nalbandov (1953) showed that the presence of a foreign body, usually a thread, in the oviduct of a laying hen inhibits…