A taxonomically harmonized global dataset of wild bird hosts for avian influenza virus surveillance. [PDF]
Sci DataWild birds are key natural reservoirs and play a central role in the global spread of avian influenza viruses (AIVs). However, the absence of a standardized global list of wild bird hosts has limited comprehensive AIV risk monitoring and assessment ...
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Automatic wild bird repellent system that is based on deep-learning-based wild bird detection and integrated with a laser rotation mechanism. [PDF]
Sci RepWild bird repulsion is critical in agriculture because it helps avoid agricultural food losses and mitigates the risk of avian influenza. Wild birds transmit avian influenza in poultry farms and thus cause large economic losses.
Chen YC +5 more
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Worth the Effort? Rehabilitation Causes and Outcomes and the Assessment of Post-Release Survival for Urban Wild Bird Admissions in a European Metropolis. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Globally, millions of wild birds are admitted to rehabilitation centres each year. We analysed data on wild bird admissions at an urban rehabilitation centre in Berlin, Germany, collected over 20 years (2005–2024), aiming to (a) characterise admission ...
Engler M +10 more
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Assessing HPAI-H5 transmission risk across wild bird migratory flyways in the United States. [PDF]
Nat CommunAs natural hosts of avian influenza viruses, wild birds pose an increasing threat to public health. Here, using surveillance data from wild bird infections across the United States (2022-2025), we show that HPAI-H5 transmission exhibits strong ...
Fang K +6 more
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Seasonal changes in bird communities on poultry farms and house sparrow-wild bird contacts revealed by camera trapping. [PDF]
Front Vet SciIntroductionWild birds are considered reservoirs of poultry pathogens although transmission routes have not been conclusively established. Here we use camera trapping to study wild bird communities on commercial layer and red-legged partridge farms over ...
Sánchez-Cano A +4 more
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Taxonomical review of Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915 (Elapoidea, Prosymnidae) with the description of two new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 African Shovel-snout snakes (Prosymna Gray, 1849) are small, semi-fossorial snakes with a unique compressed and beak-like snout. Prosymna occur mainly in the savanna of sub-Saharan Africa.
Werner Conradie +3 more
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New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae) [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2023 Four new species are described from central and eastern Angola and adjacent NW Zambia. All occur in Kalahari sand savannas rich in endemic and more widely distributed geoxylic suffrutices.
David J. Goyder +6 more
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Fishes of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia
Namibian Journal of Environment, 2023 The fishes of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia (HEAN) are described broadly and a brief biogeographical explanation sketched. The fishes of this region are poorly documented in the literature and few records are available.
PH Skelton
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Heliyon, 2023 Hunting wild birds for food, ornaments, and business purposes has been a longstanding practice in the Chemba district, and local communities consider the wild bird business as the ''gold'' that transforms their livelihoods.
Enock Makupa +3 more
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Bat Species Richness and Community Composition along a Mega-transect in the Okavango River Basin
Diversity, 2020 The Okavango River Basin is a hotspot of bat diversity that requires urgent and adequate protection. To advise future conservation strategies, we investigated the relative importance of a range of potential environmental drivers of bat species richness ...
Sina M. Weier +4 more
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