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Gestational Psittacosis in a Montana Sheep Rancher

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
In humans, psittacosis is primarily a flulike illness following exposure to psittacine birds. In rare cases, pregnant women exposed to Chlamydia psittaci can contract gestational psittacosis: atypical pneumonia, sepsis, and placental insufficiency ...
Daniel M. Jorgensen
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Metagenomic detection and characterisation of multiple viruses in apparently healthy Australian Neophema birds

Scientific Reports, 2021
Emerging viral pathogens are a significant concern, with potential consequences for human, animal and environmental health. Over the past several decades, many novel viruses have been found in animals, including birds, and often pose a significant threat
Subir Sarker
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Interaction of landscape varibles on the potential geographical distribution of parrots in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]

, 2014
La interacción de las variables del paisaje en la distribución geográfica potencial de los loros en la península de Yucatán, México La pérdida, degradación y fragmentación de las zonas boscosas están poniendo en peligro a las poblaciones de loros.
Escalona–Segura, G., Esparza–Olguín, L. G., Plasencia–Vázquez, A. H.   +2 more
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Antimicrobial prescribing guidelines for horses in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 103, Issue 12, Page 781-889, December 2025.
The growing problem of antimicrobial resistance also affects equine veterinarians with increasing frequency. Antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing are essential for a future in which effective antimicrobials are available, as it is unlikely that new antimicrobials will become available for use in horses.
L Hardefeldt, K Thomas, S Page, J Norris, G Browning, C El Hage, A Stewart, J Gilkerson, G Muscatello, D Verwilghen, G van Galen, J Bauquier, R Cuming, B Reynolds, C Whittaker, E Wilkes, J Clulow, C Burden, L Begg   +18 more
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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore

The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 58, Issue 6, Page 290-299, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Evolutionarily Conserved Interaction between the Phosphoproteins and X Proteins of Bornaviruses from Different Vertebrate Species. [PDF]

, 2012
Bornavirus, a non-segmented, negative-strand RNA viruses, is currently classified into several genetically distinct genotypes, such as Borna disease virus (BDV) and avian bornaviruses (ABVs).
Francischetti, Ivo M B, Fujino, Kan, Honda, Tomoyuki, Horie, Masayuki, Matsumoto, Yusuke, Nakamura, Shoko, Tomonaga, Keizo   +6 more
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Evidence for a Role of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and Streptococcus gallolyticus in the Aetiology of Exudative Cloacitis in the Critically Endangered Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus)

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 24, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The kākāpō is a critically endangered flightless parrot which suffers from exudative cloacitis, a debilitating disease resulting in inflammation of the vent margin or cloaca. Despite this disease emerging over 20 years ago, the cause of exudative cloacitis remains elusive.
Rebecca K. French, Stephanie J. Waller, Janelle R. Wierenga, Rebecca M. Grimwood, James Hodgkinson‐Bean, Andrew Digby, Lydia Uddstrom, Daryl Eason, Kākāpō Recovery Team, Lisa S. Argilla, Patrick J. Biggs, Adrian Cookson, Nigel P. French, Jemma L. Geoghegan   +13 more
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Screening of antigenemia and isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii from cloaca and crop of birds in the state of Paraná, Brazil Antigenemia e tentativa de isolamento de Cryptococcus neoformans e C. gattii a partir da cloaca e inglúvio de aves no Estado do Paraná

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2008
Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are associated with dry bird excreta but rarely recovered from birds' digestive tract. The objective of the present study was (1) to verify the existence of C. neoformans and C.
Camile Lugarini, Larissa A.Z. Condas, Grazielle C.G. Soresini, Renata C.F. Santos, Marisol D. Muro, Margaret Ono, Marconi R. Farias, Fabiano Montiani-Ferreira   +7 more
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Het gebruik van psychofarmaca bij verenplukkende papegaaien [PDF]

, 2017
Feather damaging behavior is a common problem in captive parrots (Psittaciformes). Besides medical indications, socio-environmental and neurobiologic causes may underlie the behavior, in which case it is often referred to as psychogenic feather picking ...
Antonissen, Gunther, Croubels, Siska, Gorteman, Jinne, van Zeeland, Yvonne   +3 more
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Public Health Threat of New, Reemerging, and Neglected Zoonoses in the Industrialized World [PDF]

, 2010
Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these pathogens, >71% have wildlife origins.
Cutler, S.J., Fooks, A.R., Poel, W.H.M., van der   +2 more
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