The Egyptian Fayoumi is thought to be a particularly ancient breed of chicken. An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find ...

"If we get our funding cut, we basically wouldn't have anything to teach students," he said over deafening rooster crows from ...

Some breeds have very useful traits, such as resistance to particular pests and diseases. Chickens and other birds die in swathes if infected by Newcastle disease, one of the most serious bird viruses ...

The best way to follow up your trip to the pyramids is by visiting the Egyptian Museum. This massive facility contains more than 100,000 artifacts from ancient Egypt, including sarcophagi ...

Backlash as performer accused of misrepresenting Egypt at US music fest Egyptian performer Mohammed Ramadan appeared wearing an outfit likened to a belly-dance costume at a recent US music festival.

including the heat-tolerant and more disease-resilient Egyptian Fayoumi. The funding uncertainty is beginning to ripple across the Davis campus in other ways. Allen Van Deynze, director of the ...

The safest way to defrost chicken is to remove it from the freezer, put it in a container, and put it on a low shelf in a refrigerator for at least 24 hours or until no longer frozen. There are ...

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...

Egyptian actor Suleiman Eid passed away this Friday morning at the age of 64, following a sudden health crisis. Despite being transferred to the hospital shortly after the onset of symptoms, Eid ...