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Drug Technology in Hunting Practice

European Pharmaceutical Journal, 2021
Antiparasitic therapy in living ratites is based on the right dose and efficacy is only when the drug is pharmaceutically stable and safe. Ivermectin is considered to be the most widely used drug in the treatment of parasitosis in ruminants worlwide. For
Laca Megyesi S., Königová A., Molnár L., Várady M., Fedorová M., Eftimová J.   +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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Current conservation status of Ratites

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2009
Living Ratites, which include several species or subspecies of ostriches, cassowaries, emus, rheas and kiwis, all with an important function in the ecosystem dynamics, endure the danger of extinction similarly to the extinct moas and elephant-birds ...
J. Sales
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Broad-scale recombination pattern in the primitive bird Rhea americana (Ratites, Palaeognathae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Birds have genomic and chromosomal features that make them an attractive group to analyze the evolution of recombination rate and the distribution of crossing over.
Lucía Del Priore, María Inés Pigozzi
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Occurrence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in rheas (Rhea americana) and ostriches (Struthio camelus) from farms of different Brazilian regions

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
This study aimed to verify the occurrence of antibodies againstToxoplasma gondii in rheas (Rhea americana) and ostriches (Struthio camelus) commercially breeding in Brazil.
Amanda Brentano Almeida, Michelle Mayara Krindges, Luiz Daniel de Barros, João Luis Garcia, Giovana Camillo, Fernanda Silveira Flores Vogel, Denise Nunes Araujo, Lenita Moura Stefani, Aleksandro Schafer da Silva   +8 more
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Morphology of the tongue of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae). I. Gross anatomical features and topography

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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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, Sophie Regnault, Vivian Allen, John R. Hutchinson   +3 more
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Hematological, morphological and morphometric characteristics of blood cells from rhea, Rhea Americana (Struthioniformes: Rheidae): a standard for Brazilian birds

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Blood exams are an indispensable tool in bird medicine. This study aimed at describing values and aspects of rheas' hematology, Rhea americana, as well as analyzing the morphology and morphometry of all blood cells.
S. S. M. Gallo, N. B. Ederli, M. O. Bôa-Morte, F. C. R. Oliveira   +3 more
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Diet selection by the lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) in Payunia, Northern Patagonia (Mendoza, Argentina)

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, 2022
The lesser rhea (family Rheidae) is a flightless large bird of South America, threatened due to habitat loss, hunting and egg collecting, with special concern in Northern Patagonia.
Silvia Puig, Mónica I. Cona, Fernando Videla, Eduardo Méndez   +3 more
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Ancient DNA Reveals Late Pleistocene Existence of Ostriches in Indian Sub-Continent.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of extinct ratite species is of considerable interest as it provides important insights into their origin, evolution, paleogeographical distribution and vicariant speciation in congruence with continental drift theory. In this
Sonal Jain, Niraj Rai, Giriraj Kumar, Parul Aggarwal Pruthi, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Sunil Bajpai, Vikas Pruthi   +6 more
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