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Inventory of wildlife use of mortality pits as feeding sites: implications of pathogen exposure
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 To better understand the use of mortality pits by wildlife and possible pathogen dissemination from the resulting wildlife contact in these areas, we used 8 camera traps on 4 mortality pits in Colorado from June to December 2014 to create a species ...
Jeremy W. Ellis +4 more
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Effects of vehicle speed on flight initiation by Turkey vultures: implications for bird-vehicle collisions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The avoidance of motorized vehicles is a common challenge for birds in the modern world. Birds appear to rely on antipredator behaviors to avoid vehicles, but modern vehicles (automobiles and aircraft) are faster than natural predators.
Travis L DeVault +4 more
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 4, May 2025.ABSTRACT Illegal wildlife trade is a growing problem internationally. Poaching of animals not only leads to the extinction of populations and species but also has serious consequences for ecosystems and economies. This study introduces a molecular marker system that authorities can use to detect and substantiate wildlife trafficking.
Annika Mozer +19 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2025.The use of diclofenac and other nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been identified as a cause of vulture decline in Asia and Europe. Investigation into the availability of two NSAIDs (diclofenac and flunixin) in South America found that both are approved for veterinary use and are accessible in all countries searched, across many ...
Kane P. J. Colston +3 more
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Wintering avifauna of Chaco and pantanal habitats in Bahía Negra (Northern Paraguay) [PDF]
, 2005 Se estudió la avifauna de hábitats típicos de dos ecorregiones, el Pantanal y el Chaco, en el norte de Paraguay (departamento de Alto Paraguay) mediante transectas y observaciones puntuales.
Padial, José M. +1 more
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Two new reports of leucistic birds from Mexico
HuitzilWe present two new records of leucism in two bird species from two locations in Mexico. First, we report one leucistic Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica); the individual was a nestling observed between 15 July and 6 August 2010, in a suburban area of ...
Oscar Francisco Reyna Bustos +1 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Haemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) are a diverse group of avian blood parasites that are transmitted by hematophagous dipterans. In this study, we describe Haemoproteus pulcher sp. nov.
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels +9 more
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, 2020 Genus Cathartes Illiger, 1811 Cathartes Illiger, 1811, Prodromus Syst. Mamm. Av., p. 236. Type, by subsequent designation, Vultur aura Linnaeus.
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On the Fila Olfactoria and the Cribriform Region of the Crocodylia
Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 2, February 2025.The fila olfactoria of Alligator mississippiensis courses through a perforated pad of dense connective tissue to reach the olfactory bulb. The perforations are formed by perineural spaces, which produce continuity between the CSF and the olfactory submucosa.
Matthew Dille +5 more
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Comparative metabolism as a key driver of wildlife species sensitivity to human and veterinary pharmaceuticals [PDF]
, 2014 Human and veterinary drug development addresses absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and toxicology (ADMET) of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) in the target species.
Hutchinson, TH +3 more
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