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Medicina VeterináriaConsidered the largest wild bird in South America, the Greater Rhea is a ratite endowed with great zootechnical value and scientific importance. Understanding the pathologies that may affect these animals is necessary since they are kept in captivity ...
Ana Caroline Freitas Caetano de Sousa +6 more
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Effects of packaging methods on shelf life of ratite meats
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017 Over the last years a growing demand for ratite meat, including ostrich, emu, and rhea has been observed in the world. Ratite meat is recognised as a dietetic product because of low level of fat, high share of PUFA, favourable n6/n3 ratio, and higher ...
Horbańczuk Olaf K. +1 more
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Gastrointestinal parasites of a population of emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019 Emus are large flightless birds in the ratite group and are native to Australia. Since the mid-1980s, there has been increased interest in the captive breeding of emus for the production of leather, meat and oil.
S. S. M. Gallo +3 more
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Three-dimensional anatomy of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) knee joint [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 The three-dimensional anatomy of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) knee (femorotibial, femorofibular, and femoropatellar) joint has scarcely been studied, and could elucidate certain mechanobiological properties of sesamoid bones.
Kyle P. Chadwick +3 more
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Technological and nutritional properties of ostrich, emu, and rhea meat quality
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2016 In recent years a growing demand for ratite meat, including ostrich, emu, and rhea has been observed all over the world. However, consumers as well as the meat industry still have limited and scattered knowledge about this type of meat, especially in the
Horbańczuk Olaf K. +1 more
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Musculoskeletal modelling of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) pelvic limb: influence of limb orientation on muscular capacity during locomotion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 We developed a three-dimensional, biomechanical computer model of the 36 major pelvic limb muscle groups in an ostrich (Struthio camelus) to investigate muscle function in this, the largest of extant birds and model organism for many studies of locomotor
John R. Hutchinson +5 more
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Evolution: Flight of the Ratites [PDF]
Current Biology, 2017 The flightless ratite birds are scattered all across the Southern hemisphere, on landmasses that have long been separated from each other. But how did they get there? They flew in from the North.
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Ciência Rural, 2008 Para pesquisa de Salmonella spp. foram coletadas amostras de fígado e conteúdo cecal de 70 emas (Rhea americana) abatidas no Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil.
Rosecler Alves Pereira +2 more
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Causes of mortality among ostriches (Struthio camelus) and emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) raised commerically in saudi arabia [PDF]
Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2008 The incidence and causes of mortality in a mixed ratite farm which produced ostriches and emus were recorded over four production seasons (1998 - 2001). The mean annual mortality rates for ostrich and emu chicks during the rearing phase were 29.1% and 21.
H. AGAB, A.S. MOHAMED, B. ABBAS
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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009 Despite numerous papers addressing the topic, the gross morphology of the ratite tongue and more specifically that of the emu, has been superficially or poorly described.
M.R. Crole, J.T. Soley
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