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Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background The majority of penguins (Sphenisciformes) have evolved in areas with weak or absent transmission of haemosporidian parasites and are usually naïve to avian haemosporidian infections.
Mizue Inumaru +6 more
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Outbreak of avian malaria associated to multiple species of Plasmodium in magellanic penguins undergoing rehabilitation in southern Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Avian malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium spp. Avian plasmodia are recognized conservation-threatening pathogens due to their potential to cause severe epizootics when introduced to bird populations with which they did not co-evolve.
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels +9 more
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Diversity, 2021 There are two pygoscelid penguins, the Gentoo (Pygoscelis papua Forster, 1781) and Adélie (P. adeliae Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841) penguins, breeding sympatrically on Ardley Island, Fildes Peninsula region, South Shetlands, Antarctica.
Yin-Xin Zeng +3 more
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Epidemiology and molecular phylogeny of Babesia sp. in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Australia
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Blood parasites are potential threats to the health of penguins and to their conservation and management. Little penguins Eudyptula minor are native to Australia and New Zealand, and are susceptible to piroplasmids (Babesia), hemosporidians (Haemoproteus,
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels +14 more
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Український антарктичний журнал, 2017 The penguin fauna succession is studied from the western part of Graham Land. Due to climatic changes (warming up) the distribution of Gentoo penguins is observed and decreasing of area for Adelie penguins is indicated too.
V. Smagol, S. Molchanoff
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AIP Conference Proceedings, 2012 We summarize recent theoretical developments in the field of radiative and semileptonic penguin decays.
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Tangled and drowned: a global review of penguin bycatch in fisheries
Endangered Species Research, 2017 Penguins are the most threatened group of seabirds after albatrosses. Although penguins are regularly captured in fishing gear, the threat to penguins as a group has not yet been assessed.
Crawford, R +28 more
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Lateralization (handedness) in Magellanic penguins [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Lateralization, or asymmetry in form and/or function, is found in many animal species. Brain lateralization is considered adaptive for an individual, and often results in “handedness,” “footedness,” or a side preference, manifest in behavior and ...
Thaís Stor +3 more
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Foot darkening with age in Spheniscus penguins: applications and functions [PDF]
PeerJThe proportions of individuals in various age classes in a population of wild animals affect population trends, behaviors, learning, and social structures.
Ginger A. Rebstock +2 more
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