Molecular Survey of Chlamydial Infections in Three Public Bird Collections in Tehran, Iran [PDF]
One hundred and eight samples from different avian species were collected and tested for Chlamydia spp. infection using PCR. Thirty‐seven samples from Psittaciformes, Columbiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes and Charadriiformes were positive for Chlamydia DNA.
Hashemian S, Madani S, Peighambari S.
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Rapid Global Deforestation Leaves Forest-Dependent Raptors With Half of Their Suitable Habitat Remaining. [PDF]
We analyzed high‐resolution global data on forest change between 2001 and 2023 within the ranges of 369 forest‐dependent raptor species. On average, these species have lost 10% of forest within their ranges since 2001. Seventy‐seven species had already lost at least 15% of additional forest cover within their ranges in the latter half of the 20th ...
O'Bryan CJ +6 more
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BIRDS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN AT AL-NAJAF DESERT, SOUTHERN DESERT OF IRAQ
One eighth of the bird species in the world is considered globally threatened;the avifauna of Iraq comprises 409 species and is considered as the major indicator of the health of Iraq’s biological resources.
Hayder M. Al-Rammahi +1 more
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Multidirectional chromosome painting substantiates the occurrence of extensive genomic reshuffling within Accipitriformes. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Previous cross-species painting studies with probes from chicken (Gallus gallus) chromosomes 1-10 and a paint pool of nineteen microchromosomes have revealed that the drastic karyotypic reorganization in Accipitridae is due to extensive ...
Beiyuan Fu +10 more
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Evidence for West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Infections in Wild and Resident Birds in Germany, 2017 and 2018 [PDF]
Wild birds play an important role as reservoir hosts and vectors for zoonotic arboviruses and foster their spread. Usutu virus (USUV) has been circulating endemically in Germany since 2011, while West Nile virus (WNV) was first diagnosed in several bird ...
Eiden, Martin +19 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]
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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Health assessment of raptors in triage in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Falconiformes (n=82), Strigiformes (n=84) and Cathartiformes (n=14) at a triage center (CETAS-Belo Horizonte, IBAMA, Brazil) were examined between 2008 and 2010 .
D de A Andery +9 more
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Infection of juvenile falcons (Falco spp.) with intestinal Lawsonia intracellularis
Intestinal infection of many host species with Lawsonia intracellularis are widely reported. Analyses of infections among carnivorous falcons have not previously been reported.
Peter Wencel +5 more
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The purpose of the research: the study of the species composition of louse flies in diurnal (Falconiformes) and nocturnal (Strigiformes) birds of prey from Palearctic. Materials and methods.
A. V. Matyukhin, A. V. Zabashta
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Migrations on birds of prey in precaucasus region
The peculiarity of migrations birds of prey in Precaucasus region is considered. Are analyzed date, character and direction of spring and autumn migrations, distribution and number on 19 species of Falconiformes.
M. P. Ilyukh
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