| total eclipse of the zoo: animal behavior during a total solar eclipse. | the infrequency of a total solar eclipse renders the event novel to those animals that experience its effects and, consequently, may induce anomalous behavioral responses. however, historical information on the responses of animals to eclipses is scant and often conflicting. in this study, we qualitatively document the responses of 17 vertebrate taxa (including mammals, birds, and reptiles) to the 2017 total solar eclipse as it passed over riverbanks zoo and garden in columbia, south carolina. i ... | 2020 | 32244374 |
| beak and feather disease virus (bfdv) prevalence, load and excretion in seven species of wild caught common australian parrots. | pathogens pose a major risk to wild host populations, especially in the face of ongoing biodiversity declines. beak and feather disease virus (bfdv) can affect most if not all members of one of the largest and most threatened bird orders world-wide, the psittaciformes. signs of disease can be severe and mortality rates high. its broad host range makes it a risk to threatened species in particular, because infection can occur via spill-over from abundant hosts. despite these risks, surveillance o ... | 2020 | 32609774 |
| humeral air sac cystadenocarcinoma in a rainbow lorikeet (trichoglossus moluccanus). | a 17-year-old female rainbow lorikeet (trichoglossus moluccanus) was presented for a swelling over the right proximal humerus and an inability to fly. | 2020 | 32017026 |
| a novel picornavirus in feces of a rainbow lorikeet (trichoglossus moluccanus) shows a close relationship to members of the genus avihepatovirus. | a novel picornavirus, named "lorikeet picornavirus 1" (lopv-1), was detected in a fecal sample from rainbow lorikeets using viral metagenomic analysis, and its complete genome sequence was determined and analyzed. the genome of lopv-1 is 7862 nt long, including a 617-nt 5' utr, a type iv ires 5'utr with an '8-like' motif, a 7032-nt polyprotein orf, and a 213-nt 3' utr. phylogenetic analysis and pairwise asequence comparisons based on the amino acid sequences of p1, p2, and p3 indicated that lopv ... | 2019 | 30982088 |
| feeding cluster preferences in four genera of lories and lorikeets (loriinae) that should be considered in the diet of nectarivorous psittacine species in captivity. | lories and lorikeets are popular birds in the pet bird trade, captured from the wild and exported worldwide. their captive propagation has not been so successful for many species due to health issues, low breeding success and reduced longevity. as a result, uptake from the wild is currently the only way to meet the market's demand. field studies on asian species of loris and lorikeets are limited; therefore, dietary recommendations are based on the well-studied australian species such as the rai ... | 2019 | 30411420 |
| molecularly confirmed acute, fatal sarcocystis falcatula infection in the rainbow lorikeets ( trichoglossus moluccanus) at the philadelphia zoo. | the protozoan parasite sarcocystis falcatula is an important cause of clinical disease in several avian intermediate hosts. the host range of s. falcatula is wide, and numerous outbreaks of acute sarcocystosis have been reported in passerine and psittacine birds in captivity in the americas. previous diagnosis was performed by serologic methods, light, and/or electron microscopic examinations with limited molecular confirmation. here, we report histological and molecular diagnosis of acute, fata ... | 2018 | 30091944 |