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Avian Bornavirus in Free-Ranging Psittacine Birds, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Avian bornavirus (ABV) has been identified as the cause of proventricular dilatation disease in birds, but the virus is also found in healthy birds. Most studies of ABV have focused on captive birds.
Nuri Encinas-Nagel, Dirk Enderlein, Anne Piepenbring, Christiane Herden, Ursula Heffels-Redmann, Paulo A.N. Felippe, Clarice Arns, Hafez M. Hafez, Michael Lierz   +8 more
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Long-term effects of chronic light pollution on seasonal functions of European blackbirds (turdus merula) [PDF]

, 2013
Light pollution is known to affect important biological functions of wild animals, including daily and annual cycles. However, knowledge about long-term effects of chronic exposure to artificial light at night is still very limited.
A Dawson, A Dawson, A Dawson, A Dawson, A Gelman, A Kaiser, B Kempenaers, B Schmid, BK Follett, BL Bird, C Rich, C Rivier, CD Santos, Claude Wicker-Thomas, D Dominoni, D Shuboni, Davide M. Dominoni, DM Bates, DM Dominoni, DM Dominoni, E Gwinner, E Gwinner, ED Kirby, EL Stone, H Poot, HPa Van Dongen, I Newton, J Partecke, JC Wingfield, Jesko Partecke, L Jenni, L Te Marvelde, LK Fonken, LK Fonken, M Titulaer, Michael Quetting, NE Cyr, RH Baayen, S Halford, S Retana-Márquez, SJ Crowley, SJ Schoech, SM Pauley, SN Wood, T Honryo, T Kantermann, TJ Nicholls, TW Davies, W Rowan   +48 more
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Survival of captive-raised light-footed Ridgway’s rails is influenced by release date and time in wild

Avian Conservation and Ecology
Captive breeding and translocation programs are an increasingly common conservation tool and management strategy used for some of the rarest and most endangered species in the world.
Kimberly A Sawyer, Courtney J. Conway
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Antibody Prevalence of West Nile Virus in Birds, Illinois, 2002

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Antibodies to West Nile virus were detected in 94 of 1,784 Illinois birds during 2002. Captive and urban birds had higher seropositivity than did birds from natural areas, and northern and central Illinois birds’ seropositivity was greater than that from
Adam M. Ringia, Bradley J. Blitvich, Hyun-Young Koo, Marshall Van de Wyngaerde, Jeff D. Brawn, Robert J. Novak   +5 more
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Captive wild birds as reservoirs of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC)

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2017
Psittacine birds have been identified as reservoirs of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, a subset of pathogens associated with mortality of children in tropical countries. The role of other orders of birds as source of infection is unclear. The aim of this
Lilian Aparecida Sanches, Marcelo da Silva Gomes, R. F. Teixeira, M. Cunha, M. G. Oliveira, M. A. Vieira, T. A. Gomes, T. Knobl   +7 more
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Challenges of measuring body temperatures of free-ranging birds and mammals [PDF]

, 2015
The thermal physiology of most birds and mammals is characterised by considerable spatial and temporal variation in body temperature. Body temperature is, therefore, a key parameter in physiological, behavioural and ecological research.
Gallon, S., McCafferty, D.J., Nord, A.
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A non-invasive feather-based methodology for the detection of blood parasites (Haemosporida)

Scientific Reports, 2023
Blood parasite (haemosporidian) infections are conventionally detected using blood samples; this implies capturing and handling birds to obtain them, which induces stress and causes pain.
Merit González-Olvera, Arturo Hernandez-Colina, Julian Chantrey, Simon Allen, Javier Lopez, Matthew Baylis   +5 more
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Novel adenoviruses from captive psittacine birds in Slovenia

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
To assess the prevalence of adenoviruses in psittacine birds kept in Slovenia, 258 cloacal swabs were collected from different psittacine species and screened by a nested PCR with degenerate, consensus primers targeting the adenoviral DNA polymerase gene. Forty-two samples were found to be positive.
Marko Zadravec, Joško Račnik, Brigita Slavec, Mónika Z. Ballmann, Győző L. Kaján, Andor Doszpoly, Olga Zorman-Rojs, Cvetka Marhold, Balázs Harrach   +8 more
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Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx, Oliver Kersten, Youri van den Hurk, Brenna A. Frasier, Richard Sabin, Bastiaan Star, James H. Barrett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognition in the field: comparison of reversal learning performance in captive and wild passerines

Scientific Reports, 2017
Animal cognitive abilities have traditionally been studied in the lab, but studying cognition in nature could provide several benefits including reduced stress and reduced impact on life-history traits.
M. Cauchoix, E. Hermer, A. S. Chaine, J. Morand-Ferron   +3 more
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