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Tick‐Tac‐Foe: When Ticks, Trade, and Zoonotic Pathogens Align in African Wet Meat Markets

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases account for over ∼60% of infectious diseases and present a significantly growing fatality threat in Africa. Live and wet markets (LWMs) in Africa function as key economic venues that support human livelihoods through social interaction and trade in food stuff, including meat and other animal‐based products.
Allen Takudzwa Munaro
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First Record of Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) in Pakistan with New Avian Definitive Host, Vanellus leucurus

, 2019
Parasitological examinations of White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) collected from Dadu district (Sindh Province, Southern Pakistan) were carried out at the Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
Birmani, Nadir, Mouahid, Gabriel, Naz, Saima   +2 more
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Host species determines egg size in Oriental cuckoo [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018 The Zoological Society of London.The Oriental cuckoo Cuculus optatus is an obligate brood parasite associated with species of the genus Phylloscopus.
Bachurin, Balatsky, Balatsky, Balatsky, Balatsky, Brazil, Bán, Chunihin, Cramp, Cramp, Crawley, Davies, Dawkins, Egorov, Erritzøe, Fossøy, Fossøy, Gaston, Gibbs, Gill, Hargitai, Johnsgard, King, Kislenko, Kislenko, Korelov, Krist, Krüger, Kuzikov, Latter, Litvinenko, Logan, Makatsch, Marchetti, Marchetti, Meshcheryagina, Meshcheryagina, Mitiay, Moksnes, Moksnes, Murav'ev, Numerov, Numerov, Payne, Payne, Pukinsky, R Core Team, Ryabitsev, Schönwetter, Shcherbakov, Sokolov, Tuero, Vikan, Xia, Yang   +54 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2026.
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman, Adrian L. Smith, Ben C. Sheldon   +2 more
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The collection and database of Birds of Angola hosted at IICT (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical), Lisboa, Portugal [PDF]

, 2014
The bird collection of the Instituto de Investigação Cientítica Tropical (Lisbon, Portugal) holds 5598 preserved specimens (skins), mainly from Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, and Cape Verde.
Bastos-Silveira, Cristiane, Beja, Pedro, Consciência, Susana, Figueira, Rui, Mills, Michael, Monteiro, Miguel, Queirós Neves, Isabel, Ramos, Manuela, Reino, Luís, Rodrigues, Diana   +9 more
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Seroprevalence and Risk Analysis of Toxoplasma Gondii in Wild Birds of District Lahore Punjab, Pakistan

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
This study found that over 10% of wild birds in Lahore, Pakistan, carry antibodies for Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that can cause serious illness in humans and animals. Birds like lapwings and silver bills showed especially high antibody rates. Improved monitoring is needed to better understand risk dynamics in Pakistan.
Shahzad Ali, Fareeha Imran, Abigail A. Lilak, Tooba Latif, Michael E. von Fricken, Muhammad Tayyub, Usama Saeed, Anam Iftikhar   +7 more
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A phylogenetic interpretation of chromosomal and electrophoretic data in columbiformes.

CYTOLOGIA, 1979
The present paper describes the karyotype and plasma esterase isozymes in 10 species and one hybrid of Columbiformes.The genus Columba showed the greatest enzymatic polymorphism but was uniform as to the diploid chromosome number. Esterase data showed a high affinity among Leptotila, Geotrygon and Columba.
Romerolopes, C., Delucca, E. J., Deandrade, A. M., Jacoiafaulin, C. M.   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal helminths of two populations of wild pigeons (Columba livia) in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2017
The present study analyzed gastrointestinal helminth communities in 265 wild pigeons (Columba livia) living in the municipalities of São Paulo and Tatuí, state of São Paulo, Brazil, over a one-year period.
Frederico Fontanelli Vaz, Lidiane Aparecida Firmino da Silva, Vivian Lindmayer Ferreira, Reinaldo José da Silva, Tânia Freitas Raso   +4 more
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Seguiment d’aus al terme municipal de Cinctorres (els Ports, Castelló) 2009-2010 [PDF]

, 2015
El treball mostra la presència i distribució de l’ornitofauna al terme municipal de Cinctorres (els Ports,Castelló) per a la hivernada de 2009-10 i la primavera de 2010.
Castany i Aguilella, Salvador, Castany i Àlvaro, Joan   +1 more
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Risks to Birds Traded for African Traditional Medicine: A Quantitative Assessment [PDF]

, 2014
Few regional or continent-wide assessments of bird use for traditional medicine have been attempted anywhere in the world. Africa has the highest known diversity of bird species used for this purpose.
A Kemp, AB Cunningham, AC de Kock, Alan C. Kemp, ALS Betlu, Anthony B. Cunningham, AV Hall, B Kizungu, BG Marcot, C Anyinam, C Downs, C Hollis, CG Ding, D Graham-Rowe, DA Soewu, David L. Roberts, DL Ogada, DL Ogada, DL Ogada, DMM Bezerra, DP Jaroli, DR Given, E Lev, EM Costa-Neto, EM Costa-Neto, EM Loeb, G Beninguisse, G Nikolaus, G Wilson, H France, HH El-Kamali, HW Garbutt, IAW Macdonald, IPF Owens, J Chakravorty, J Yu, JA Tobias, JA Vickery, JB Adjakpa, JJ Herholdt, JJ Hobbs, M Cocker, M Cocker, MC Ramos, ME Taylor, MJ Whiting, MM Mahawar, MO Adeola, N Machado, N Mishra, NL Etkin, OA Sodeinde, OB Myers, PO Otieno, R Baskind, R Julliard, R Sankaran, Robin K. Bruyns, RRN Alves, RRN Alves, S Derwent, SHM Butchart, TE Martin, TH Haileselasie, TS Simelane, V Simeonov, Vivienne L. Williams, W Saengkrajang, Y Ntiamoa-Baidu   +68 more
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