PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite increasing control measures, numerous parasitic and infectious diseases are emerging, re-emerging or causing recurrent outbreaks particularly in Asia and the Pacific region, a hot spot of both infectious disease emergence and biodiversity at risk.
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Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 2016 Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are obligatory hematophagous ectoparasites of a variety of vertebrate hosts and play an important role in the transmission and ecology of infectious pathogens causing diseases in humans and animals worldwide.
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Avian preparedness: simulations of bird diseases and reverse scenarios of extinction in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. [PDF]
J R Anthropol Inst, 2018 This article describes relations between humans, animals, artefacts, and pathogens in simulations of disasters, taking bird diseases in three Chinese sentinel posts as ethnographic cases.
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A pilot study on knowledge, attitude, and practice of pet bird owners on zoonotic diseases [PDF]
Journal of Zoonotic Diseases, 2021 Pet ownership in general and pet bird ownership, in particular, is increasing recently. However, the status of pet ownership and the demographics of owners are unclear in Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Fallah Mehrabadi +8 more
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Usutu virus continues to spread across Europe: first report of multiple molecular detections of the USUV Africa 2 and Africa 3 lineages in free-living and captive birds in Poland, July-November 2023. [PDF]
Vet ResThe growing importance of the Usutu virus (USUV) as an emerging zoonotic viral pathogen motivated Poland to investigate the epidemiological status of USUV infections among native bird species.
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Emerging Infectious Disease leads to Rapid Population Decline of Common British Birds [PDF]
, 2010 Emerging infectious diseases are increasingly cited as threats to wildlife, livestock and humans alike. They can threaten geographically isolated or critically endangered wildlife populations; however, relatively few studies have clearly demonstrated the
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Comparative Therapy of Animal and Bird Diseases Caused by Mycoplasmas [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2022 Mycoplasmas are the cause of many pathologies, both of various species of animals and birds. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of enrofloxacin, difloxacin, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, doxycycline, tylosin, tilmycosin, tilvalosin ...
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Brain teratoma in a free-ranging mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ˗ case report [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2021 Teratoma is a rare neoplasia with differentiation in two or three germ cell lines. Intracranial teratoma in birds has rarely been reported, especially affecting the brain.
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Different Mycoplasma species have been reported in avian hosts. However, the majority of studies focus on one particular species of Mycoplasma or one host.
Anna Sawicka-Durkalec +3 more
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Analysis for the diagnostic accuracy of PCR detection of Macrorhabdus in companion birds
Open Veterinary Journal, 2023 Background: Macrorhabdus ornithogaster, a yeast-like fungus, has the potential to infect various bird species, including companion birds. Although birds infected with M. ornithogaster may often remain asymptomatic, the infection can develop into chronic
Shoko Kanno, Yusuke Matsumoto
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