Scicomm Article Research Studies
First Article:
Loconsole, Maria, et al. “Passive Grouping Enhances Proto-Arithmetic Calculation for Leftward Correct Responses.” Symmetry, vol. 15, no. 3, 2023, p. 719, https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15030719.
"Passive Grouping Enhances Proto-Arithmetic Calculation for Leftward Correct Responses," was published on March 14, 2023 by Maria Loconsole, Ph.D in psychology at the institute of University of Padova. The method is to train the chicks, test them in individual settings and group settings in over 20 trials using computers, and log the results. The results show that they are more accurate with larger numbers when in a group setting. The focus of this research is to observe the cognition of chicks, and to see whether they are better at performing 'proto-arithmetics' on their own or within a group setting. This article presents a side of chicks people would never believe could be possible. The other articles are the predecessors of this article and together the experiments become more comprehensible.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/3/719
Debeaking
Articles
Article #1
Gandhi, Maneka. Here’s Why Beal Trimming of Chicks in Poultry Farms Is a Senseless Act of Cruelty , https://www.firstpost.com/living/heres-why-beak-trimming-of-chicks-in-poultry-farms-is-a-senseless-act-of-cruelty-2969954.html/amp .
“Here’s Why Beal Trimming of Chicks in Poultry Farms is a Senseless Act of Cruelty,” was published on August 22, 2016 by the author, Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, environmentalist, and an activist for animal rights. The community behind debeaking operates with the motto that their action is a necessary evil. They trim the beaks of chickens to prevent them from harming one another. Maneka Gandhi however fires back by raising a rhetorical question: why do the chickens harm each other in the first place? Should the community raise the chickens properly, in decent sized living quarters, same feeding, and some time with nature, the chickens would not be stressed and said behavior would be reduced. Furthermore, with money in mind, the process is often done to optimize efficiency and thus the beaks are often cut too deep. Like how we burn our tongue on hot soup, the burning hot knife they use to cut the beaks leave blisters behind. Even worse, burnt or severed tongues will eventually kill the chickens. That is when the procedure goes wrong, but even when done correctly, the results are no better. Drinking is immensely hard and painful or even impossible! Gandhi ends her writing by having readers know that this happens everywhere, and notes the only solution is to stop being a consumer. Maneka Gandhi is a respectable figure and brought up many compelling facts in this article. I believe these mentions will be beneficial to my project. While reading her writing, and descriptions of the things the chickens are put through, one parallel lingered in my mind, that is, surgeons from hell. Surgeons from hell are surgeons who operated on humans, and were caught purposely messing up the procedures. Naturally, the general public was beyond scared and appalled, I believe I could use this to generate empathy for the chickens.
More Articles:
1 (Beak Trimming in Poultry) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-s-poultry-science-journal/article/abs/beak-trimming-in poultry/95A6F690179C7394D824EC1C4A6D16F2
2) (Morphopathological Changes and Pain in Beak Trimmed Laying Hens) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-s-poultry-science-journal/article/abs/morphopathological-changes-and-pain-in-beak-trimmed-laying-hens/C458A337D5E35CA0681F3B181BED6FC2
3) (Beak Trimming of Poultry: Its Implications for Welfare) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-s-poultry-science-journal/article/abs/beak-trimming-of-poultry-its-implications-for-welfare/8FC9E87C0602D759055AC2003DB0EC0A
4) (Beak Trimming Egg-Laying Strains of Chickens) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-s-poultry-science-journal/article/abs/beak-trimming-egglaying-strains-of-chickens/90FA6B3CFD774001F63A0C1291F626C3
Advocacy Solutions
Article #1
Watermelon Bug (Aspongopus viduatus) Full‐Fat Meals as an Alternative Dietary Protein on Broiler Chickens’ Growth Performance, Meat, and Blood
Mariod, Abdalbasit Adam, et al. “Watermelon Bug (Aspongopus Viduatus) Full‐fat Meals as an Alternative Dietary Protein on Broiler Chickens’ Growth Performance, Meat, and Blood.” International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, vol. 41, no. 3, 2021, pp. 2255–2262, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00482-y.
The article was written on March 9, 2021 by Abdalbasit Adam Mariod. He is a professor of Biology at the University of Jeddah and founder of Ghibaish College of Science & Technology. The research done by Mariod goes over using watermelon bugs as an alternative source of nutrition to broiler chickens. Broiler chickens were created for efficiency and to cut cost, and these watermelon insects could do just that, and even more. Unlike the broiler chickens, these insects are healthy and won't harm your health. In fact, the insects are very good for your body. With so many things to consider, the reserachers focused on protein. The focus was protein as most consume chicken for the sake of intaking protein.
