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The Importance of Olfaction for Mixed Paternity in Birds. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Olfaction can help individuals finding genetically compatible mates in many animals, while high levels of mixed paternity may reflect a reduced ability to evaluate a mate's profile against their own before mating. We tested this hypothesis by matching estimates of olfactory ability with mixed paternity for a broad range of bird species.
Kvarnemo C, Anderstedt A, Strandh M, Blomqvist D.   +3 more
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Avian Influenza annual report 2024. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract This report summarises the outcomes of avian influenza (AI) surveillance activities conducted in 2024 in the context of the Avian Influenza Data Collection (AIDC), the One Health (OH) initiatives of the EU4Health Programme (EU4H, 2022 co‐funded grant agreements on emerging and re‐emerging zoonotic pathogens) and the SENTINEL project ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Abrahantes JC, Aznar I, Boom M, Catalin I, Dórea F, Grant M, Mulligan KF, Zancanaro G.   +8 more
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Avifaunal diversity of some selected water bodies of Khanapur Taluka, Belagavi District, Karnataka, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
An observation on avian species composition, density, and diversity was carried out at three selected water bodies of Khanapur Taluka, Belagavi District, for a period of 11 months in 2014.  During the study, a total of 28 species belonging to 12 families
Harsha D. Neelgund, Girish Kadadevaru
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Diet of Seven Coraciiform Species (Coraciiformes) in South Africa [PDF]

Acta Ornithologica, 2000
A total of 62 stomach contents of four Merops and three other coraciiform species from South Africa, were analysed. Hymenoptera constituted the bulk of the diet of all four Merops species examined, with Odonata and Coleoptera being supplementary components.
Grzegorz Kopij, Dawied H. De Swardt, Rick N. Nuttall   +2 more
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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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Halcyornis toliapicus (aves: Lower Eocene, England) indicates advanced neuromorphology in Mesozoic Neornithes [PDF]

, 2011
Our recent X-ray micro computer-tomographic (μCT) investigations of Prophaethon shrubsolei and Odontopteryx toliapica from the Lower Eocene London Clay Formation of England revealed the avian brain to have been essentially modern in form by 55 Ma, but ...
Allison P. A., Andrews C. A., Angela Milner, Cunningham S., Dechaseaux C., Harrison C. J. O., Harrison C. J. O., Konishi M., Sipla J. S., Stager K. E., Stig Walsh, Witmer L. M.   +11 more
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Detailed morphological structure and phylogenetic relationships of Degeeriella punctifer (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), a parasite of the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

Scientific Reports, 2023
Habitat loss is one of the main threats to species survival and, in the case of parasites, it is their hosts that provide their habitat. Therefore, extinction even at local scale of host taxa also implies the extinction of their parasites in a process ...
Jesús M. Pérez, Ángeles Sáez-Ventura, Gracia Liébanas, Luca Rossi, Mercedes Fernández, Natalia Fraija-Fernández   +5 more
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Seroprevalence Survey of Avian influenza A (H5) in wild migratory birds in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) is a highly contagious disease which is a zoonotic pathogen of significant economic and public health concern.
Bangquan Zeng, Feiyan Dai, Feizhou Yuan, Fengcai Zou, Gang Duan, Hua Chang, Siyue Zhao, Xun Xiang, YaTing Fan, Zili Liu   +9 more
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A new female-like morph of juvenile male Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) – Sexual mimicry to avoid intra-specific predation? [PDF]

, 2015
In migrant Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) at Eilat, Israel, we noted that juvenile males had two different morphs – the one described to date in literature; and a second, previously undescribed morph, with femalelike barring on the ...
Fornasari, Lorenzo, Yosef, Reuven
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Comparative characteristics and ecological features of rollers (coraciformes) in Uzbekistan [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
This paper comparatively studies and analyses the ecological characteristics of four species belonging to the order Coraciiformes (Coracias garrulus, Alcedo atthis, Merops apiaster, Merops persicus) that are widely distributed in Uzbekistan. Additionally,
Kholboev Fakhriddin, Mamarakhimov Oybek, Abdumuminova Oygul, Shausmanova Roza, Rabbimov Muzraf, Ortiqova Lola   +5 more
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