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Development of microsatellite loci for two New World vultures (Cathartidae)

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Use next-generation sequencing to develop microsatellite loci that will provide the variability necessary for studies of genetic diversity and population connectivity of two New World vulture species.
Darren J. Wostenberg, Jennifer A. Fike, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Michael L. Avery, Antoinette J. Piaggio   +4 more
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Livestock producers' perceptions of the American black vulture conflict in the midwestern United States

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023
Human‐wildlife interactions are present wherever both humans and wildlife are found. Interactions can be positive or negative for humans and can include impacts that range from damage to property, agriculture, health and human safety, to emotional ...
Marian L. Wahl, Brooke McWherter, Patrick A. Zollner, Zhao Ma, Grant N. Burcham, Lee A. Humberg, Bryan M. Kluever   +6 more
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The mechanisms of color production in black skin versus red skin on the heads of New World vultures

Avian Research, 2023
A determination of how the color of animal integument is produced is a starting point for investigations into the function and evolution of coloration. The mechanisms that give rise to the color of bare skin of New World vultures are largely unexplored ...
Nicholas M. Justyn, Matthew J. Powers, Geoffrey E. Hill, Kayla Alexander, Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez, Scott A. Rush   +5 more
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Fauna Silvestre Atropellada En Dos Vías Principales Que Rodean Los Montes De María, Sucre, Colombia

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2013
Se registran la fauna silvestre atropellada en la carretera que comunica a Sincelejo con Ovejas y a Sincelejo con San Onofre y que bordean los Montes de María.
Orlando Dela Ossa Nadjar, Jaime DE LA OSSA V   +1 more
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The presence of black vultures at the calving sites and its effects on cows’ and calves’ behaviour immediately following parturition

Animal, 2013
Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are often present near calving sites, and under this situation they may play a positive role by removing animal carcasses and afterbirth or a negative role by attacking neonate calves or disturbing cow–calf behaviours ...
L.M. Toledo, M.J.R. Paranhos da Costa, A. Schmidek, J. Jung, J.N.S.G. Ciryllo, V.U. Cromberg   +5 more
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Evaluation of the heteroantagonism between Enterobacter agglomerans strains isolated from vulture (Coragyps atratus) for production and Pseudomonas aeruginosa as developed

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2011
The heteroantagonism between Enterobacter agglomerans, isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of American vulture Coragyps atratus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a hospital environment was evaluated.
L.A. Lima, C.D.L.C. Lima, L.R. Carvalho, M.E.B. Margutti-Pinto   +3 more
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Bearded Vultures in Spain [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT We report mortality in bearded vultures ( Gypaetus barbatus ) associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI A H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, responsible for the current HPAI panzootic. Between April and May 2022, a total of five bearded vultures from Spain, four free‐ranging and one captive individual, were found dead in their nest or with ...
Martínez R, Agulló‐Ros I, Gonzálvez M, Ruano M, Zecchin B, Zorrilla I, Guerra R, Paniagua J, Cano‐Terriza D, García‐Bocanegra I.   +9 more
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Digenean parasites of Ciconiiform birds from Argentina

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
The helminthological survey of 13 specimens of 5 ciconiiform species revealed the presence of 10 species of intestinal digeneans: Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum Dubois, 1936 in Tigrisoma lineatum and Ardea alba; Tylodelphys elongata (Lutz, 1928) in T ...
Fabiana B. Drago, Lía I. Lunaschi
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Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures

Scientific Reports, 2021
Recent increases in turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and black vulture (Coragyps atratus) populations in North America have been attributed in part to their success adapting to human-modified landscapes.
Jacob E. Hill, Kenneth F. Kellner, Bryan M. Kluever, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Eric A. Tillman, Travis L. DeVault, Jerrold L. Belant   +7 more
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2013
The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates.
Caroline Demo, Edison Rogério Cansi, Cecília Kosmann, José Roberto Pujol-Luz   +3 more
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