| inclusion body hepatitis in a tawny frogmouth (podargus strigoides: caprimulgiformes). | | 1985 | 3833204 |
| neuroangiostrongyliasis and other parasites in tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) in south-eastern queensland. | the neurological, clinical and pathological findings and endoparasites in 10 wild tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) presented to the australian wildlife hospital in beerwah, queensland during a 28-day period in may 2009 are reported. affected birds had a history of being found in poor body condition on the ground and unable to fly. clinical examination revealed paresis with variable but generally weakened deep pain responses, withdrawal reflexes and an inability to perch. severely affected ... | 2011 | 21250956 |
| amino acid sequences of ovomucoid third domain from 25 additional species of birds. | ovomucoids were isolated from 25 avian species other than the 101 studied in laskowski et al. (1987, biochemistry 26, 202-221). these were subjected to limited proteolysis with an appropriate enzyme, and connecting peptide extended ovomucoid third domains were isolated and sequenced to the end in a protein sequencer. of the 25 new sequences, 13 duplicate ones were already known, and 12 are unique. probably the most striking findings are a pro14----ser14 replacement in weka, an ala14----thr15 rep ... | 1990 | 2073323 |
| avian viral surveillance in victoria, australia, and detection of two novel avian herpesviruses. | viruses in avian hosts can pose threats to avian health and some have zoonotic potential. hospitals that provide veterinary care for avian patients may serve as a site of exposure of other birds and human staff in the facility to these viruses. they can also provide a useful location to collect samples from avian patients in order to examine the viruses present in wild birds. this study aimed to investigate viruses of biosecurity and/or zoonotic significance in australian birds by screening samp ... | 2018 | 29570719 |
| twenty two cases of canine neural angiostronglyosis in eastern australia (2002-2005) and a review of the literature. | cases of canine neural angiostrongylosis (na) with cerebrospinal fluid (csf) evaluations in the peer-reviewed literature were tabulated. all cases were from australia. a retrospective cohort of 59 dogs was contrasted with a series of 22 new cases where na was diagnosed by the presence of both eosinophilic pleocytosis and anti-angiostrongylus cantonensis immunloglobulins (igg) in csf, determined by elisa or western blot. both cohorts were drawn from south east queensland and sydney. the retrospec ... | 2012 | 22480148 |
| tawny frogmouths and brushtail possums as sentinels for angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm. | the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of angiostrongylosis in tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) and brushtail possums (trichosurus vulpecula) with signs of neurological disease, and to describe the clinicopathological features of angiostrongylosis in both species. tawny frogmouths and brushtail possums with signs of neurological disease were sampled from the sydney metropolitan area between october 1998 and june 2010. samples from 100 tawny frogmouths and 31 brushtail ... | 2013 | 23218219 |
| species of angiostrongylus (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: a review. | twenty-one species of angiostrongylus plus angiostrongylus sp. (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) are known currently in wildlife. these occur naturally in rodents, tupaiids, mephitids, mustelids, procyonids, felids, and canids, and aberrantly in a range of avian, marsupial and eutherian hosts including humans. adults inhabit the pulmonary arteries and right atrium, ventricle and vena cava, bronchioles of the lung or arteries of the caecum and mesentery. all species pass first-stage larvae in the fae ... | 2015 | 25853051 |
| identification of novel cryptosporidium genotypes from avian hosts. | a total of 430 avian-derived fecal specimens were randomly collected from selected western australian commercial aviaries, poultry farms, hatcheries, wildlife parks, and the perth zoo and screened for the presence of cryptosporidium by pcr. of these, 27 cryptosporidium-positive isolates were detected, characterized, and compared with 11 avian-derived isolates from the czech republic at the 18s rrna and actin gene loci. sequence and phylogenetic analysis identified four genetically distinct genot ... | 2006 | 17028234 |
| the evolution of cerebrotypes in birds. | multivariate analyses of brain composition in mammals, amphibians and fish have revealed the evolution of 'cerebrotypes' that reflect specific niches and/or clades. here, we present the first demonstration of similar cerebrotypes in birds. using principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering methods to analyze a data set of 67 species, we demonstrate that five main cerebrotypes can be recognized. one type is dominated by galliforms and pigeons, among other species, that all share relat ... | 2005 | 15761215 |
| torpor in free-ranging tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides). | several small caprimulgiform birds (<80 g) are known to enter torpor, apparently to cope with a fluctuating supply of insect prey. since the large australian tawny frogmouth (podargus strigoides; 381-556 g) is also insectivorous, we investigated its thermoregulatory behaviour and thermal biology to determine whether this species is also heterothermic. in an open woodland at approximately 1,000 m altitude, we equipped eight free-ranging birds with external temperature-sensitive radio transmitters ... | 2001 | 11731971 |
| epicardial keratinaceous cyst in a tawny frogmouth (podargus strigoides plumiferus). | tissues from a tawny frogmouth that died acutely in a zoo collection were submitted for histopathologic examination. a small yellow nodule was observed grossly on the ventricular wall by the zoo veterinarian during collection of tissues. histologically, the epicardial nodule consisted of a well-circumscribed, thinly encapsulated cyst, 4 mm in diameter. the cyst was composed of gradually keratinizing, attenuated, stratified squamous epithelium, one to three cell layers in thickness. the cyst was ... | 1995 | 7540836 |
| cryptococcus neoformans in fecal matter of birds kept in cages--control of cr. neoformans habitats. | the occurrence of cryptococcosis in predamaged persons in whom the fecal matter of caged birds had been suspected as the source of infection has led to the present investigation. in the excreta of only four out of a total of 142 bird species kept by the berlin zoological gardens, cryptococcus neoformans could be demonstrated with the aid of guizotia abyssinica creatinine agar: twany frogmouth (podargus strigoides, g. eulenschwalm); palm cockatoo (probosciger aterrimus, g. arakakadu); military ma ... | 1984 | 6377755 |
| conjugate and disjunctive saccades in two avian species with contrasting oculomotor strategies. | we have recorded with the magnetic search coil method the spontaneous saccades of two species of predatory birds, which differ in the relative importance of panoramic and foveal vision. the little eagle (haliaetus morphnoides) hunts from great heights and has no predators, whereas the tawny frogmouth (podargus strigoides) hunts from perches near the ground, is preyed upon, and frequently adopts an immobile camouflage posture. we find that both birds spend most of the time with their eyes confine ... | 1985 | 4009240 |
| further characterisation of leucocytozoon podargii in wild tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) in western australia. | the present study assessed the prevalence and morphology of leucocytozoon podargii from wild tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) in western australia (wa) and genetically characterised the cytochrome b gene (cyt b) of l. podargii in wild tawny frogmouths from wa and queensland (qld). the prevalence of l. podargii in wild tawny frogmouths from wa was 93.3% (14/15; 95% ci, 68.1-99.8%). the morphological characters of l. podargii from wa were similar to l. podargii from qld: the gametocytes were ... | 2019 | 30989329 |
| discovery of jogalong virus, a novel hepacivirus identified in a culex annulirostris (skuse) mosquito from the kimberley region of western australia. | the discovery of hepaciviruses in non-human hosts has accelerated following the advancement of high-throughput sequencing technology. hepaciviruses have now been described in reptiles, fish, birds, and an extensive array of mammals. using metagenomic sequencing on pooled samples of field-collected culex annulirostris mosquitoes, we discovered a divergent hepacivirus-like sequence, named jogalong virus, from the kimberley region in northern western australia. using pcr, we screened the same 300 i ... | 2020 | 31899786 |