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Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Chlamydia psittaci in Captive Psittacines from Costa Rica

Veterinary Medicine International, 2013
Oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs from 117 captive psittacine birds presented at veterinary clinics (88) and from shelters/rescue centers of wildlife (29) were collected to determine the prevalence of C. psittaci in captive birds in Costa Rica.
Jessica Sheleby-Elías, Ántony Solórzano-Morales, Juan José Romero-Zuñiga, Gaby Dolz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidental description of crop contents of the Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius)

Huitzil
Little is known on the ecology of the Mexican Parrotlet (Forpus cyanopygius), an endemic species of western Mexico. Here, we present the first diet report for this species based on crop contents of three individuals that died following impact with a ...
Sylvia Margarita de la Parra-Martínez, Fabio Germán Cupul-Magaña, Abraham Reyes Juárez, Sassia Huet Hernández, Rafael Antonio Rueda Hernández   +4 more
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Towards Utilization of Neurofuzzy Systems for Taxonomic Identification Using Psittacines as a Case Study

Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing, 2016
Demonstration of the neurofuzzy application to the task of psittacine (parrot) taxonomic identification is presented in this paper. In this work, NEFCLASS-J neurofuzzy system is utilized for classification of parrot data for 141 and 183 groupings, using ...
Shahram Rahimi, Cynthia R. Spiess, Bidyut Gupta, Elham Sahebkar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Granulomatous ventriculitis caused by Pythium insidiosum in a rosella (Platycercus eximius) [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Pythiosis is an infectious disease caused by the oomycete Pythium insidiosum and can affect various systems/tissues, including cutaneous, digestive and respiratory tracts.
Aline R. Baron, Glauco J.N. Galiza, Yanca G.S. Soares, Lucas Marian, Gustavo W. Pandolfo, Jennyfer J.S. Sá, João V.C. Roeder, Renata A. Casagrande   +7 more
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Campylobacter colonization is not associated with proventricular dilatation disease in psittacines

Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 2017
Holden Bulbow, Jing Wu, Debra Turner, Michael McEntire, Ian Tizard Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA Abstract ...
Bulbow H, Wu J, Turner D, McEntire M, Tizard I   +4 more
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Vertical Transmission of Avian Bornavirus in Psittacines

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Michael Lierz, Anne Piepenbring, Christiane Herden, Kirstin Oberhäuser, Ursula Heffels-Redmann, Dirk Enderlein   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synergistic Threats to Wild Fauna in Ecuador: Using a Novel Data Source to Estimate the Impacts of Trafficking and Human–Wildlife Conflict

Diversity
Wildlife trafficking and human–wildlife conflict are major causes of species decline. The illegal nature of wildlife trafficking makes it hard, and sometimes dangerous, to study.
Ricardo Villalba-Briones, Patricia Mendoza, Daniel Garces, Eliana Belen Molineros, Juan S. Monros, Sam Shanee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical profile of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in healthy individuals of China —new species and neglected risk factors

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
Objective To characterize microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis (MKC) in immunocompetent individuals in Mainland China, including novel etiologies and risk factors.
Yingnan Xu, Xuguang Sun, Shanshan Xu, Shijing Deng, Yang Zhang   +4 more
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Pathogenesis of aquatic bird bornavirus 1 in turkeys of different age

npj Viruses
Aquatic bird bornavirus 1 (ABBV1), an orthobornavirus in the family Bornaviridae, displays a broad host range among avian species, including poultry. The pathogenesis of orthobornaviruses, at least in mammals and psittacines, appears to be mediated by ...
Lisa Gordon, Alexander Leacy, Phuc H. Pham, Jaime Tuling, Sunoh Che, Antonius El-Khoury, Jeff L. Caswell, Brandon N. Lillie, Leonardo Susta   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Not an infection: Endogenous circoviral elements underlie BFDV detections in Old World vultures. [PDF]

PLoS One
Palacios-Martínez I, Morinha F, Blanco G.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source