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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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Sleep in ostrich chicks (Struthio camelus). [PDF]
Sleep, 2021 AbstractIt has been reported that adult ostriches displayed the longest episodes of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (up to 5 min) and more REM sleep (24% of the nighttime) than any other bird species. If the mammalian ontogenetic trend exists in the ostrich, then the amounts of REM and the duration of sleep episodes in young ostriches may be greater ...
Lyamin OI, Kibalnikov AS, Siegel JM.
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Management of intertarsal septic arthritis in an ostrich (Struthio camelus) [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 A 7‐year‐old female ostrich (Struthio camelus) presented with lameness, left intertarsal joint swelling and a healing wound on the caudomedial aspect of the joint.
Melanie J. Peel +3 more
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Feather and skin development of ostriches Struthio camelus. [PDF]
J S Afr Vet Assoc, 2018 Information on feather and skin growth is important for the development of mathematical optimisation nutritional models for ostriches. Ostriches (n = 65) were subjected to a four-stage formulated growth diet programme (pre-starter, starter, grower and finisher), with declining protein and energy content. Nine birds were weighed, stunned, exsanguinated,
Brand TS +5 more
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Phalangeal joints kinematics during ostrich (Struthio camelus) locomotion [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The ostrich is a highly cursorial bipedal land animal with a permanently elevated metatarsophalangeal joint supported by only two toes. Although locomotor kinematics in walking and running ostriches have been examined, these studies have been largely ...
Rui Zhang +6 more
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Adaptation in the Avian Middle Ear-The Columellar Annular Ligament in Aquatic and Diving Birds. [PDF]
J MorpholThe size of the columellar footplate relative to the oval window shows striking variation across species: it fits snugly within the oval window in, for example owls (left), but considerably smaller than the oval window in diving taxa such as cormorants (right).
Peacock J.
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Esophageal pythiosis in an ostrich (Struthio camelus) [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2019 RESUMO Uma avestruz-do-pescoço-vermelho, com dois anos de idade, apresentava um nódulo no terço médio do esôfago e foi submetida a procedimento cirúrgico. Histologicamente, observou-se uma área focalmente extensa de necrose estendendo-se da túnica mucosa
E.P.F. Souto +6 more
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Aspergilose crônica em avestruzes (Struthio camelus)
Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha, 2013 A aspergilose é a doença fúngica de ocorrência mais comum nas aves, geralmente causada pelo Aspergillus fumigatus. Os sinais clínicos em avestruzes incluem perda de peso, letargia e dispneia.
Patricia Tubelis +3 more
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The First-Named Fossil Ostrich: A Revision of Struthio asiaticus, from the Siwaliks of India
Diversity, 2022 The first fossil ostrich to have been named, by Milne-Edwards in 1869–1871, was Struthio asiaticus, a taxon based on a specimen collected by Colonel Colvin in the Siwaliks of India, consisting of associated postcranial elements (vertebrae, forelimb ...
Eric Buffetaut
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Effect of the day period on the behavior of adult breeding ostriches (Struthio camelus) [PDF]
Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2018 The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of period of the day on the behavior of adultbreeding ostriches (Struthio camelus) in a farming environment.
Heba A. +3 more
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