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Human impacts on the world’s raptors
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Raptors are emblematic of the global biodiversity crisis because one out of five species are threatened with extinction and over half have declining populations due to human threats. Yet our understanding of where these “threats” impact raptor species is
Christopher J. O’Bryan +19 more
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Relative Conservation Status of Bird Orders With Special Attention to Raptors
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Birds, especially raptors, play important roles in ecosystems. We examine the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List to determine which orders of birds have proportionally more or fewer species listed as threatened or ...
Christopher J. W. McClure +1 more
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019 AbstractRaptors from the orders Accipitriformes and Falconiformes have been considered to rely principally on vision. Historically, this assumption has led scientists to discount any possible sense of smell in these birds, until work on cathartid vultures indicated that these species at least rely on olfaction to find carrion.
Simon Potier
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First report of Blastocystis sp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in raptors [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionBlastocystis sp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi are common zoonotic pathogens threatening human and animal health. These parasites are widely distributed in birds, and substantial research on their prevalence has been conducted.
Zhen-Qiu Gao +12 more
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Occurrence of Chlamydiaceae in Raptors and Crows in Switzerland
Pathogens, 2020 Bacteria of the family Chlamydiaceae are globally disseminated and able to infect many bird species. So far, 11 species of Chlamydia have been detected in wild birds, and several studies found chlamydial strains classified as genetically intermediate ...
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Exposure and survival of wild raptors during the 2022–2023 highly pathogenic influenza a virus outbreak [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe global outbreak of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 highly pathogenic influenza A virus (HP H5N1) has had an unprecedented impact on wild birds including raptors, but long-term population impacts have not been addressed. To determine if raptors survive infections
Kelsey M. Rayment +10 more
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Detection of Sarcocystis halieti in muscles of raptors from Lithuania [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundThe genus Sarcocystis comprises a diverse group of apicomplexan parasites that infect reptiles, birds, and mammals. They are characterized by the formation of sarcocysts in the muscles of the intermediate host and the development of sporocysts ...
Petras Prakas +3 more
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Molecular Confirmation of Raptors from Spain as Definitive Hosts of Numerous Sarcocystis Species [PDF]
AnimalsMost raptors are flagship and umbrella species acting as ecosystem engineers. Research on avian parasites in raptors is therefore of interest. There is a lack of studies on Sarcocystis in naturally infected raptors.
Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu +6 more
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Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors
Malaria Journal, 2022 Background The order Accipitriformes comprises the largest group of birds of prey with 260 species in four families. So far, 21 haemosporidian parasite species have been described from or reported to occur in accipitriform birds.
J. Harl +9 more
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Animals, 2022 The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe the causes of morbidity and mortality in free-ranging raptors admitted to a wildlife rehabilitation center (WRC) in Abruzzo Italy from 2005 to 2016 and the associated risk factors.
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