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Improved Visualization of Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)—Part II: Alimentary Canal Components and Measurements

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a pest of stored food products and problematic to every type of poultry production facility. Larvae and adults can ingest and harbor foodborne and poultry pathogens. Determining the efficiency of this insect’s capacity to transmit disease is critical to improving management of A. diaperinus
Tawni L. Crippen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) outbreak in blue-and-gold macaws (Ara ararauna) in the State of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a lethal and important disease of captive psittacine birds, and affects a wide range of species, including endangered ones, and lacks an effective treatment.
Jeann Leal de Araujo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a blue‐fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva)

open access: yesVeterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2024.
Abstract A 14‐year‐old, female, blue‐fronted Amazon parrot was referred for episodes of regurgitation. The differential diagnosis mainly included bornavirus infection, infectious or traumatic ingluvitis, gastro‐oesophageal reflux, gastritis/enteritis, heavy metal poisoning, metabolic disease (severe hepatic or renal disease), coelomitis, digestive ...
Sabrina Vieu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection and Characterization of a Distinct Bornavirus Lineage from Healthy Canada Geese (\u3ci\u3eBranta canadensis\u3c/i\u3e) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Avian bornaviruses (ABV), identified in 2008, infect captive parrots and macaws worldwide. The natural reservoirs of these viruses are unknown. Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) was used to screen oropharyngeal/ cloacal swab and brain samples from wild ...
Payne, Susan   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Tumour or haemorrhage?: Differential diagnosis of an unknown mass within the brain of a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) using a novel imaging pipeline

open access: yesVeterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2024.
Abstract We report on a previously healthy zoo specimen of an adult budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus, obtained with permission from Southwick's Zoo) found deceased in its enclosure. To assess cause of death and ensure the absence of an infectious neoplasia, we used an integrated multiscale brain‐imaging workflow, previously only used on mammals. The
Tatiana Vasquez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective study on transmissible viral proventriculitis and chicken proventricular necrosis virus (CPNV) in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Chicken proventricular necrosis virus (CPNV) is a recently described birnavirus, which has been proposed to be the cause of transmissible viral proventriculitis (TVP).
de Brot, Simone   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Parrot proventricular dilatation disease: a possible model of Guillain-Barré syndrome?

open access: yesNature Precedings, 2008
AbstractProventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD) affects parrots with clinico-pathological aspects similar to those of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a human neurophathy. We observed that in sera of PPD-affected parrots antibodies to gangliosides were detectable, similarly to that observed for GBS, and that quantification of such antibodies could be
Giacomo Rossi   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Proventricular Dilatation Syndrome in Psittacines [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Proventricular dilatation syndrome is a disease syndrome of psittacine birds that is most often characterized by a wasting bird suffering from malnutrition and/or one suffering from a nervous disorder.
Denson, Mike, Pelelo, Catherine J.
core   +2 more sources

Avian Bornaviruses Escape Recognition by the Innate Immune System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Like other pathogens that readily persist in animal hosts, members of the Bornaviridae family have evolved effective mechanisms to evade the innate immune response.
Ackermann, Andreas   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Avian bornavirus in the urine of infected birds

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 2012
J Jill Heatley,1 Alice R Villalobos21Zoological Medicine, 2Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College Station, TX, USAAbstract: Avian bornavirus (ABV ...
Villalobos AR, Heatley JJ
doaj  

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