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Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges in the Alédjo Wildlife Reserve (AWR) in Togo: Insights From Ethnozoological Surveys. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The present study analyzes wildlife species use indices and a vulnerability in the Aledjo Wildlife Reserve (AWR) in Togo. The Importance Value‐in‐use Index (IVIUsp) indicates that the most valued species are the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), and the green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis).
Borozi W, Atakpama W, Assou D, Natta AK.
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Emergence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Wild Birds, Brazil. [PDF]

Microbiologyopen
In a protected forest fragment in southern Brazil, 197 wild birds were sampled, with 12.2% carrying Staphylococcus aureus. Two MRSA ST398 strains, the first reported in Brazilian wild birds, were identified. Genomic analysis revealed resistance and virulence genes, linking these strains to pigs and underscoring the critical need for resistance ...
Ribas MR, Vásquez-Ponce F, Cardoso R, Mesa D, Rocha G, Wolleck VF, Dal Pizzol JL, de Assunção IBF, Oliveira VPE, Salvador G, Rodrigues AT, Melocco GB, Esposito F, Becerra J, Lincopan N, Ferreira FA, Sincero TCM, Palmeiro JK, Wosiacki SR, Osaki SC.   +19 more
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Season, Microclimate and Shoreline Disturbance Interactively Shape Bird Functional Diversity. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examined the seasonal and spatial patterns of bird functional diversity across natural and urbanized coastal sites in Ghana. We found that natural shorelines undergo significant seasonal functional reorganization, whereas urbanized areas maintain stable, generalist‐dominated communities year‐round, losing the temporal dynamics that support ...
Tamekloe SE, Daniels JK, Monney KA, Deikumah JP.   +3 more
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Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids

Novitates Caribaea, 2021
Columbid remains are commonly recovered from Caribbean archaeological and paleontological sites. Identifying specimens to species level is therefore likely to yield a wealth of information concerning species diversity and changes in their distribution ...
Monica Gala, Véronique Laroulandie, Arnaud Lenoble   +2 more
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Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analysis of Dove and Pigeon Species (Aves: Columbidae) of Pakistan, Based on COI Region of Mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Bioresource Management, 2020
Doves and Pigeons are the members of living family Columbidae (Order: Columbiformes) having a wide range of taxonomic diversity and geographic distribution.
Hina Rafiq , Fakhar -i-Abbas, Fakhra Nazir, Fida Muhammad Khan   +3 more
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A comprehensive survey of Rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) in Northwest Russia: New mite-host associations and prevalence data [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Rhinonyssid mites are permanent parasites of birds that inhabit their respiratory tract. There are around 600 species described worldwide and almost all species of birds are found to have embedded rhinonyssid mites.
Dimov, Ivan, Doña, Jorge, Rojas Álvarez, Manuel de   +2 more
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The genome sequence of the European turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2021
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Streptopelia turtur (the European turtle dove; Chordata; Aves; Columbidae). The genome sequence is 1.18 gigabases in span.
Jenny C. Dunn, Michael A. Quail, James Torrance, Ying Sims, Marcela Uliano-Silva, Richard Challis, Antony J. Morris, Keith C. Hamer, Sarah Pelan, William Chow, Philip V. Grice, Mark Blaxter, Daniel Mead, Craig Corton, Michelle Smith, Jason Skelton, Karen Oliver, Emma Betteridge, Shane A. McCarthy, Jonathan Threlfall, Jale Dolucan, Kerstin Howe   +21 more
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General practice veterinarians' attitudes towards avian influenza: A COM-B analysis of barriers to backyard poultry treatment. [PDF]

Vet Rec
Abstract Background The recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to non‐avian species in the United States has intensified public health‐related concerns. In Great Britain, low veterinarian confidence in seeing and treating birds creates potential barriers to HPAI diagnosis and reporting.
Elliott S, Jewitt S, McClaughlin E, Smallman-Raynor M, Fisher S, Clark M, Tarlinton R.   +6 more
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Ectoparasites of Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes) in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022
Ectoparasites of 18 free-living Cuban Ground Doves, Columbina passerina insularis (Columbiformes: Columbidae), captured in the National Zoological Park, Havana, Cuba, were identified. The collected ectoparasites included two species of lice (Phthiraptera:
Daniel González-Acuña, Armando Cicchino, Diana Echeverry, Karen Ardiles, Pablo Oyarzún-Ruiz, Sergey Mironov, Lucila Moreno   +6 more
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Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]

, 2008
IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf, Falagas, Matthew E, Kelesidis, Iosif, Kelesidis, Theodoros, Tsiodras, Sotirios   +4 more
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