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Biological effects of aqueous extract from Turkey vulture Cathartes aura (Cathartidae) meat

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2013
Cathartes aura is a bird used in the Mexican traditional medicine for the empirical treatment of cancer, injuries, infections and burns.The in vitro immunomodulatory effects of Cathartes aura extract (CAE) were evaluated estimating its effects on proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and murine splenocytes. The effects of CAE (1-200
Maria del Rosario, Jacobo-Salcedo, Maria del Carmen, Juárez-Vázquez, Luis Ángel, González-Espíndola, Sandra Patricia, Maciel-Torres, Alejandro, García-Carrancá, Angel Josabad, Alonso-Castro   +5 more
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Zur systematischen Stellung der Neuweltgeier (Cathartidae)

Journal für Ornithologie, 1982
Die systematische Stellung der Cathartidae ist umstritten. Vergleichende anatomisch-morphologische und ethologische Untersuchungen ergaben, das die Neuweltgeier als konvergente Entwicklung zu den Altweltgeiern anzusehen sind und bei den Ciconiiformes einzureihen waren.
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Chromosomal analysis in Cathartidae: distribution of heterochromatic blocks and rDNA, and phylogenetic considerations

Genetica, 2008
Three species of Cathartidae (Sarcoramphus papa, Cathartes aura and Cathartes burrovianus) were cytogenetically characterized by G- and C-banding. 18S-28S rDNA was used as a probe to map major ribosomal clusters. These species showed very similar karyotypes, with 2n = 80, 10 pairs of macrochromosomes, a submetacentric Z and a metacentric W chromosome ...
Marcella Mergulhão, Tagliarini, Julio Cesar, Pieczarka, Cleusa Yoshiko, Nagamachi, Jorge, Rissino, Edivaldo Herculano C, de Oliveira   +4 more
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From carrion-eaters to plastic material plunderers: Toxicological impacts of plastic ingestion on black vultures, Coragyps atratus (Cathartiformes: Cathartidae)

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022
Despite plastic ingestion has already been reported in several bird species, its physiological impacts have been little inspected, especially in representatives of the Cathartidae family. Thus, in this study, we aimed to identify, characterize, and evaluate the effects arising from the ingestion of plastic materials by Coragyps atratus adults, that ...
Wallace Alves, Cunha, Ítalo Nascimento, Freitas, Lux Attiê Santos, Gomes, Sandy de Oliveira, Gonçalves, Mateus Flores, Montalvão, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed, Alex Rodrigues, Gomes, Thiarlen Marinho da, Luz, Amanda Pereira da Costa, Araújo, Guilherme, Malafaia   +9 more
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Urohidrosis and tarsal color in Cathartes vultures (Aves: Cathartidae)

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2019
Abstract Heat-stressed New World vultures (Cathartidae) practice urohidrosis by excreting urate-rich urine on their tarsi and feet to decrease body temperature through evaporative cooling.
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The Systematics and Evolution of the Cathartidae in the Old World Tertiary

The Condor, 1972
One of the more intriguing problems in avian paleontology and zoogeography is the supposed occurrence of New World vultures (Cathartidae) in the Tertiary of Europe. Despite the fact that paleontologists have generally accepted these European records (Lambrecht 1933; Brodkorb 1964), avian zoogeographers have either discounted or ignored the fossil ...
Cracraft, Joel, Rich, Pat Vickers
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An Eocene New World vulture (Aves, Cathartidae) from Mongolia

Papers in Palaeontology
Abstract New World vultures (Aves, Cathartidae) are a group of large diurnal birds of prey, currently restricted to the Americas. The early evolutionary history of New World vultures is poorly known, with the oldest unambiguous members of this phylogenetic lineage having been described from the Eocene of Europe. A
Varvara Gorbatcheva, Nikita Zelenkov, Sara Bertelli   +2 more
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Two new feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) from the Turkey Vulture (Ciconiiformes: Cathartidae) in Canada

The Canadian Entomologist, 2003
AbstractTwo new feather mites are described from the Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura (Linnaeus), in Canada: Ancyralges cathartinussp. nov. (Analgoidea: Analgidae) and Cathartacarus auraegen. nov., sp. nov. (Pterolichoidea: Gabuciniidae). Both species of feather mites have their closest relatives among ectoparasites of the Falconiformes.
Sergei V. Mironov, Terry D. Galloway
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Use of Thermal Power Plants by New World Vultures (Cathartidae) as an Artifice to Gain Lift

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2015
ABSTRACT Because of recent increases in populations of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), vulture-human conflicts have become more common. We can begin to mitigate these conflicts by first identifying what attracts these birds.
Freire, Davi Almeida, Gomes, Felipe Bittioli Rodrigues, Cintra, Renato, Novaes, Weber Galvão   +3 more
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Amazonian vultures dip for sashimi: a novel foraging behaviour for Cathartidae

Ornithology Research, 2022
Fábio Olmos, Ivan Sazima
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