Aspergillosis in Wild Birds [PDF]
The ubiquitous fungi belonging to the genus Aspergillus are able to proliferate in a large number of environments on organic substrates. The spores of these opportunistic pathogens, when inhaled, can cause serious and often fatal infections in a wide ...
Pascal Arné +4 more
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Wild birds as potential reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli: a systematic review [PDF]
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently a major global problem affecting humans, animals, and the environment. The role of wild birds in this epidemiological circuit has been the subject of several studies, but it is still far from being assessed ...
Catherine W. Mbuthia +2 more
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The Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Malaria in Wild Birds in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
With avian malaria threatening populations of wild birds, this study was conducted to determine its prevalence among wild birds rescued in Jeonbuk state in the Republic of Korea.
Myeongsu Kim +2 more
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Unprecedented high level of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in Europe during the 2025 autumn migration. [PDF]
European Food Safety Authority +9 more
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Exposure of Free-Ranging Wild Animals to Zoonotic Leptospira interrogans Sensu Stricto in Slovenia
A total of 249 serum samples from 13 wild animal species namely fallow deer (Dama dama, n = 1), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, n = 80), red deer (Cervus elaphus, n = 22), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra, n = 21), mouflon (Ovis musimon, n = 4), brown hare ...
Diana Žele-Vengušt +4 more
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Campylobacter in Wild Birds: Is It an Animal and Public Health Concern?
Campylobacteriosis continues to be one of the leading causes of foodborne bacterial zoonotic infections worldwide. Despite its public health importance, the status of this disease in wild birds and the possibility of transmission from wild birds to ...
Nejash A. Ahmed, Timur Gulhan
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The Sustainability of Keeping Birds as Pets: Should Any Be Kept?
We describe a wide range of unethical and unsustainable practices inherent to the trading and keeping of pet birds. At present, biodiversity and wild bird populations are being greatly harmed and many individual birds have poor welfare. Wild-caught birds
Shawn Peng, Donald M. Broom
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ObjectiveTo investigate species diversity and potential pathogenicity of bacteria carried by wild birds’ claws preliminarily for clarifying the necessity of monitoring pathogenic bacteria carried by wild birds.
Lin JIANG, Wei DENG, Shu-xia ZHANG
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Spontaneous Tumors and Non-Neoplastic Proliferative Lesions in Pet Degus (Octodon degus)
In recent years, degus (Octodon degus), rodents native to South America, have been becoming increasingly popular as pet animals. Data about neoplastic diseases in this species are still sparse and mainly limited to single-case reports.
Tanja Švara +4 more
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Detection of Herpesviruses in Wild Bird Casualties in Slovenia
The complete host range of avian herpesviruses in wild birds is unknown, and information about nucleotide sequences is available only in limited cases.
Zoran Žlabravec +7 more
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