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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 Hippoboscid flies are potential ectoparasites of several avian orders, including birds of prey, a group formed by the orders Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Cathartiformes and Accipitriformes.
Glauber Thiago Martins Barino +2 more
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Avian influenza virus risk assessment in falconry
Virology Journal, 2011 Background There is a continuing threat of human infections with avian influenza viruses (AIV). In this regard falconers might be a potential risk group because they have close contact to their hunting birds (raptors such as falcons and hawks) as well as
Lüschow Dörte +7 more
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Chlamydia psittaciin birds of prey, Sweden [PDF]
Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2012 Chlamydia psittaci is an intracellular bacterium primarily causing respiratory diseases in birds but may also be transmitted to other animals, including humans. The prevalence of the pathogen in wild birds in Sweden is largely unknown.DNA was extracted from cloacae swabs and screened for C. psittaci by using a 23S rRNA gene PCR assay.
Blomqvist, Maria +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2012 We compared the helminth communities of 5 owl species from Calabria (Italy) and evaluated the effect of phylogenetic and ecological factors on community structure. Two host taxonomic scales were considered, i.e., owl species, and owls vs.
Mario Santoro +8 more
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The American Biology Teacher, 2019 Bird of Prey (93 minutes; Cornell Lab of Ornithology, http://birdofpreymovie.com/) Normally, showing a full-length film is no substitute for instruction, but the new film Bird of Prey showcases so many environmental science themes within an interesting and captivating context that it can be highly recommended for upper-level high school biology or ...
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Satellite Tracking of Adult and Immature Eastern Imperial Eagles
Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2018 Four adult males, two adult females and two immature Imperial Eagles were trapped near Taif in Saudi Arabia close to the Red Sea while wintering. Three of theses eagles were trapped up to three times.
Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg, Christiane Meyburg
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Using birds of prey to manage pest bird flocks under lethal and non-lethal conditions – A review
Raptor JournalRaptors have been successfully used to disperse and often control flocks of pest birds. However, the question that has not been resolved is, “If the raptor kills a small number of the target flock, does this improve the efficiency of control?” This mini ...
Wallis Robert, Coles Graeme
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Behaviourally mediated predation avoidance in penguin prey: in situ evidence from animal-borne camera loggers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Predator dietary studies often assume that diet is reflective of the diversity and relative abundance of their prey. This interpretation ignores species-specific behavioural adaptations in prey that could influence prey capture.
Jonathan M. Handley +4 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2018 German Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) were thought to migrate to sub-Saharan Africa. However, most of the many ring recoveries were from juvenile birds, and adults had never been satellite-tracked.
Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg +3 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2018 In 2005, five nestling Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca) were fitted with battery-powered GPS Satellite Transmitters (PTTs) in Slovakia to study their behaviour after fledging, two of them in the east and the other three in the west of the country.
Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg +4 more
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