| attacks on the endangered attwater's prairie-chicken (tympanuchus cupido attwateri) by black flies (diptera: simuliidae) infected with an avian blood parasite. | with fewer than 50 birds remaining in the wild, attwater's prairie-chicken (tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is critically endangered. individuals of this species on the attwater prairie chicken national wildlife refuge, colorado co., tx, have been attacked in successive winters, 2005-2006, by the blood-feeding black fly cnephia ornithophilia. attwater's prairie-chicken is a previously unreported host for cnephia ornithophilia. molecular screening indicated that about 15% of 13 blood-fed flies samp ... | 2007 | 18260522 |
| wild birds, a source of reticuloendotheliosis virus infection for the endangered attwater's prairie-chicken ( tympanuchus cupido attwateri)? | reticuloendotheliosis virus (rev) infects a wide range of avian species. since 1998, when it was first reported in a captive flock of the endangered attwater's prairie-chicken ( tympanuchus cupido attwateri; apc), rev has plagued apc recovery efforts. while rev frequently occurs in captive bird flocks throughout the world, including commercial poultry, the reservoir for initial infection of flocks is poorly understood. from 2008-2016, 412 blood samples and 216 liver samples collected from 32 spe ... | 2017 | 28192047 |