| [rhinonyssid mites (gamasoidea : rhinonyssidae), parasites of rails in the area of the lenkoran wintering site]. | in birds of the order ralliformes inhabiting the southwestern part of the caspian sea there were found four species of mites of the family rhinonyssidae, parasites of the nasal cavity: sternostoma fulicae fain et bafort and rallinyssus caudistigmus strandtmann in fulica atra l., r. caspicus sp. n. in gallinula chloropus (l.), r. gallinulae fain in porphyrio polyocephalus (lath.). | 1976 | 133322 |
| [characterization of campylobacter spp. from wild birds]. | bacteria of the genus campylobacter were isolated from 28 rooks (corvus frugilegus), 1 red kite (milvus milvus), 1 lapwing (vanellus vanellus), 1 coot (fulica atra), 1 common moorhen (gallinula chloropus) and 1 northern mallard (anas platyrhynchos). altogether, c. jejuni biovar 1, was isolated 19x, c. jejuni biovar 2 8x and c. coli 5x. among c. jejuni biovar 1 and 2 there were 5 isolates tolerating a content of 1.5% nacl in the medium. h2s proof of 3 c. jejuni biovar 2 and 1 c. coli isolates res ... | 1989 | 2930449 |
| disease patterns in the detroit zoo: a study of the avian population from 1973 through 1983. | a retrospective study was conducted to evaluate disease patterns in birds at the detroit zoo from 1973 through 1983. data were derived from the zoo's medical and animal census records; the mean (+/- sd) population of birds during the study period was 469 +/- 42. overall annual morbidity rates were 12.5% to 21.5%, with spring months having the highest morbidity rates. annual mortality rates were 3.1% to 15.2%; 23.9% of the deaths were caused by microbial agents (particularly erysipelothrix rhusio ... | 1985 | 3878351 |
| experimental transmission of capillaria philippinensis to birds. | capillaria philippinensis larvae from fish and adult and larval forms of the parasite from gerbil intestines established parent infections when given a stomach tube to several species of birds from taiwan. adult males, oviparous and larviparous females and larval stages were found in nycticorax nycticorax, bubulcus ibis, ixobrychus sinensis, gallinula chloropus and amaurornis phoenicurus. c. philippinensis also developed in pigeons, rostratula benghalensis, a few anas spp. and chickens. some bir ... | 1983 | 6636279 |
| an epizootic of avian botulism in a phosphate mine settling pond in northern florida. | type c botulism was determined to be the cause of an epizootic among waterfowl and shorebirds in a phosphate mine settling pond in northern florida during may and june of 1979. several hundred birds, the most common of which were american coots (fulica americana), wood ducks (aix sponsa), common gallinules (gallinula chloropus), and northern shovelers (anas clypeata), were afflicted over about a three-week period. a second smaller outbreak occurred in the same pond in early december of 1979. thi ... | 1980 | 6997514 |
| carotenoid discrimination by the avian embryo: a lesson from wild birds. | the concentrations (microg/g wet yolk) of total carotenoids in eggs of the common moorhen (gallinula chloropus), american coot (fulica americana) and lesser black-backed gull (larus fuscus), collected in the wild, were 47.5, 131.0 and 71.6, respectively. in contrast to data for eggs of the domestic chicken, beta-carotene was a significant component in the yolks of these three wild species, forming 25-29% by wt. of the total carotenoids present. the concentration of total carotenoids in the liver ... | 2001 | 11290456 |
| establishment of the fatty acid profile of the brain of the king penguin (aptenodytes patagonicus) at hatch: effects of a yolk that is naturally rich in n-3 polyunsaturates. | because the yolk lipids of the king penguin (aptenodytes patagonicus) contain the highest concentrations of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids yet reported for an avian species, the consequences for the establishment of the brain's fatty acid profile in the embryo were investigated. to place the results in context, the fatty acid compositions of yolk lipid and brain phospholipid of the king penguin were compared with those from three other species of free-living birds. the proportions of ... | 2003 | 12794672 |
| digenetic trematode of some aquatic birds from eastern province in saudi arabia. | 122 aquatic birds, 35 red shank (tringa totanus), 24 common snip (gallinago gallinago), 48 moorhen (gallinula chloropus), 15 teal (anas crecca) trapped near the cost of al- qateef area in the eastern province, saudi arabia, were examined for helminth parasites. 35 birds (28.68%) were infected with one or more helminth parasites, 31 t. totanus (88.57%), 2 g. gallinago (8.33%), 2 a. crecca (13.33%) and none in c. chloropus. the isolated helminthes belong to six families and eight species. bilharzi ... | 2003 | 14964668 |
| evaluation of the usefulness of bird feathers as a non-destructive biomonitoring tool for organic pollutants: a comparative and meta-analytical approach. | in this study, we investigated whether bird feathers can be used as a non-destructive biomonitor for organic pollutants. we analysed the outermost tail feathers of 8 terrestrial and aquatic bird species from belgium (8 species, n=108) for polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) and organochlorine pesticides (ocps). every compound class could be quantified in one single tail feather of the birds under study (sum pcbs ranging from 5.5 to 510 ng/g feather, sum pbdes ... | 2007 | 17198730 |
| metabolic fates of yolk lipid and individual fatty acids during embryonic development of the coot and moorhen. | there is currently little information regarding the metabolic fates of yolk lipid and individual fatty acids during embryonic development of free-living avian species. here we report the pattern of lipid utilization during embryonic development of the coot (fulica atra) and the moorhen (gallinula chloropus), two related species producing precocial offspring from eggs with a distinctive fatty acid composition and with an incubation period similar to that of the chicken. by the time of hatching, t ... | 2007 | 17287138 |
| mercury in wetland birds of iran and iraq: contrasting resident moorhen, gallinula chloropus, and migratory common teal, anas crecca, life strategies. | we document mercury distribution in tissues of two waterfowls; moorhen (gallinula chloropus; n=6), and common teal (anas crecca; n=6) from shadegan wetlands in southwestern iran. mean value of mercury in moorhen liver was (0.36 hg microg g(-1) dry weight), common teal had (4.34 hg microg g(-1) dry weight) mercury. in all tissues, common teals had significantly higher mercury concentrations than moorhens (u test, p <or= 0.05). mercury was 12, 9, 8, and 6 times higher in liver, muscle, kidney, and ... | 2009 | 19142558 |
| new records of digenean flukes (trematoda) in birds in poland. | eleven new records of digenean species are reported in birds in poland, i.e. tylodelphys immer found in gavia stellata, strigea vanderbrokae in pernis apivorus, echinostoma academica in numenius arquata, echinochasmus euryporus in buteo buteo, patagifer parvispinosus and petasiger grandivesicularis in tachybaptus ruficollis, notocotyloides petasatus in calidris alpina, plagiorchis arcuatus in corvus cornix, leyogonimus polyoon in gallinula chloropus and fulica atra, lyperosomum alaudae in sylvia ... | 2010 | 20450011 |
| effects of lead exposure on oxidative stress biomarkers and plasma biochemistry in waterbirds in the field. | medina lagoon in andalusia has one of the highest densities of spent lead (pb) shot in europe. blood samples from waterbirds were collected in 2006-2008 to measure pb concentration (pbb), d-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (alad), oxidative stress biomarkers and plasma biochemistry. pbb above background levels (>20 µg/dl) was observed in 19% (n=59) of mallards (anas platyrhynchos) and in all common pochards (aythya ferina) (n=4), but common coots (fulica atra) (n=37) and moorhens (gallinula chlor ... | 2011 | 21411076 |
| seropositivity and risk factors associated with toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds from spain. | toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic intracellular protozoan parasite of worldwide distribution that infects many species of warm-blooded animals, including birds. to date, there is scant information about the seropositivity of t. gondii and the risk factors associated with t. gondii infection in wild bird populations. in the present study, t. gondii infection was evaluated on sera obtained from 1079 wild birds belonging to 56 species (including falconiformes (n = 610), strigiformes (n = 260), ciconi ... | 2011 | 22216311 |
| discovery of seven novel mammalian and avian coronaviruses in the genus deltacoronavirus supports bat coronaviruses as the gene source of alphacoronavirus and betacoronavirus and avian coronaviruses as the gene source of gammacoronavirus and deltacoronavirus. | recently, we reported the discovery of three novel coronaviruses, bulbul coronavirus hku11, thrush coronavirus hku12, and munia coronavirus hku13, which were identified as representatives of a novel genus, deltacoronavirus, in the subfamily coronavirinae. in this territory-wide molecular epidemiology study involving 3,137 mammals and 3,298 birds, we discovered seven additional novel deltacoronaviruses in pigs and birds, which we named porcine coronavirus hku15, white-eye coronavirus hku16, sparr ... | 2012 | 22278237 |
| mercury bioaccumulation in organisms from three puerto rican estuaries. | we analyzed mercury levels in shrimp (palaemonetes sp.), blue crabs (callinectes sp.), fish (tarpon megalops atlantica and tilapia tilapia mossambica), lizards (ameiva exsul), cattle egret (bubulcus ibis) and moorhen (gallinula chloropus) in three estuaries in puerto rico in 1988. there were no quantifiable concentrations greater than the method detection limit of mercury in shrimp, crabs and lizards from any site. mercury levels were also below detection limits in tilapia, except for specimens ... | 1992 | 24226951 |
| heavy metals in some species of waterfowl of northern italy. | concentrations of heavy metals (zinc, copper, cadmium, and iron) were measured in several tissues (brain, gizzard, leg-muscle, heart, breast-muscle, intestine, liver and kidney) of moorhens (gallinula chloropus), black-headed gulls (larus ridibundus), and coots (fulica atra) collected between autumn 1985 and spring 1989 in northern italy. cadmium concentrations in the liver and kidney of water-rails (rallus aquaticus) and in five species of anatidae collected also were measured. high mean (+/- s ... | 1995 | 7563424 |
| improving the reliability of molecular sexing of birds using a w-specific marker. | molecular techniques for identifying sex of birds utilize length differences between chd-z and chd-w introns, but in some cases these methods can lead to sexing errors. here we show that an additional w-specific primer can be used in conjunction with a pre-existing sexing primer pair to dramatically improve the reliability of molecular sexing methods. we illustrate the approach with american coots (fulica americana), a species with chd-z polymorphism that could not be accurately sexed using trad ... | 2008 | 21586012 |
| sarcocystis chloropusae (protozoa: sarcocystidae) n. sp. from the common moorhen (gallinula chloropus) from egypt. | a new name sarcocystis chloropusae is proposed for a parasite previously found in two of 25 common moorhen (gallinula chloropus) from brolos lake, egypt. sarcocysts were microscopic, up to 650 μm long, the cyst wall was up to 4.5 μm thick, and contained villar protrusions that were up to 4 μm long and up to 2 μm wide. the villar protrusions were crowded, contained vesicles but lacked microtubules. the ground substance layer was smooth. the bradyzoites were up to 12 μm long and up to 2 μm wide. m ... | 2015 | 25823556 |
| heavy metals in selected tissues and histopathological changes in liver and kidney of common moorhen (gallinula chloropus) from anzali wetland, the south caspian sea, iran. | the present study aimed to measure the concentrations of sn, pb, zn, hg, cu, ni and cd in the muscle and liver of 40 common moorhens (gallinula chloropus) hunted from four stations in anzali wetland (pirbazar, ghalam-koudeh, selkeh and abkenar). the histopathologic alteration index (hai) of liver and kidney was also assessed in these birds. the highest concentrations of selected metals were measured in the liver of birds collected from ghalam-koudeh (pb: 4.59±0.21, sn: 6.663±0.282, zn: 29.867±2. ... | 2014 | 25285772 |
| morphologic identification of a new sarcocystis sp. in the common moorhen (gallinula chloropus ) (aves: gruiformes: rallidae) from brolos lake, egypt. | sarcocystis species are among the most common and widespread protozoan parasites of mammals and birds. the current study provides the first record of infection with sarcocystis species in the common moorhens from brolos lake, kafrelsheikh province, egypt. morphology of the parasite cysts was described using light and transmission electron microscopy. out of 25 examined birds, sarcocysts were found in neck, thigh, and legs muscles of two birds. the cysts were microscopic and measured 150-650 μm i ... | 2014 | 24233409 |
| conspecific brood parasitism in the tropics: an experimental investigation of host responses in common moorhens and american purple gallinules. | species occupying a broad latitudinal range may show greater phenotypic plasticity in behavior than species with smaller ranges or more specific habitat requirements. this study investigates for the first time the occurrence of conspecific brood parasitism (cbp) in sympatric tropical populations of the common moorhen (gallinula chloropus pauxilla bangs) and the american purple gallinule (porphyrula martinica l.). cbp occurred in at least 20% (n = 76) of common moorhen nests on the rio chagres in ... | 2011 | 22393503 |
| [predator damage and shell size on the diadromous snail neritina virginea (gastropoda: neritidae) in the mameyes river, puerto rico]. | we compared predators' damage with shell size in live individuals and empty shells (n=5066) of the snail neritina virginea in the mameyes river (puerto rico, greater antilles). according to the literature and direct observations, damages on empty shells were attributed to predation by aquatic birds (e.g. gallinula chloropus) and decapods (e.g. macrobrachium spp.), while damages on live individuals were due to rasping by co-specifics and erosion. predation by decapods and birds, as estimated by t ... | 2009 | 20073335 |
| sex and death: chd1z associated with high mortality in moorhens. | sex ratios in clutches of moorhens (gallinula chloropus) in britain were measured on 83 chicks using the sex-linked chd1 gene (chromo-helicase/atpase-dna binding protein 1). among birds, the female is the heterogametic sex (z and w chromosomes), and the male is homogametic (two copies of the z chromosome). we report variation among the pcr-amplified fragments of the chd1z, and the death of nearly all heterozygous male chicks (92%). in contrast, survivorship among females and homozygote males was ... | 2002 | 12583595 |
| cyclocoelum microstomum and c. obscurum (trematoda: cyclocoelidae) from air sacs of waterfowl in egypt: early life history, morphological and histological studies of adult. | two species of genus cyclocoelum are recorded from air sacs of waterfowls, collected from egypt. fully morphological and histological descriptions for the adult stage of c. microstomum from moorhen gallinula chloropus are presented. also egg and miracidium stages are described. the second species, c. obscurum collected from coat fulca sp. also described. some problematic status of the genus cyclocoelum are discussed include evaluation of some morphological and histological criteria also the migr ... | 2001 | 12557946 |
| shield characteristics are testosterone-dependent in both male and female moorhens. | the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis proposes that the expression of secondary sexual characteristics is positively related to testosterone levels, but that elevated testosterone levels also impose costs from immune suppression. hence, testosterone-dependent characteristics should accurately reflect male quality because only high-quality males are able to invest in large sexual characteristics without detrimental effects upon their own immune system. most studies to date have focused on the ... | 2000 | 10753582 |
| intercalated duct cells in the moorhen (gallinula chloropus) pancreatic islet. | intercalated duct cells are present in the alpha and beta islets of the moorhen pancreas. the intercalated duct cells adhere to each other via intercellular junctional complexes on the apical side, projecting many microvilli into the lumen. they also extend slender cytoplasmic processes between islet endocrine cells. these intercalated duct cells appear to have a stellate shape, and to wrap their cytoplasm around the endocrine cells. these observations suggest that intercalated ducts not only pa ... | 1999 | 10217944 |
| mathematical modelling for intra-specific brood-parasitism: coexistence between parasite and non-parasite. | in this paper, we consider an aspect of the intra-specific brood-parasitism with a mathematical modelling. as in case of moorhen gallinula chloropus, the case dealt with in this paper in such that just a part of the whole population has the parasitising behaviour against the individuals belonging to another part of non-parasite subpopulation that does not have such behaviour. analysing the expected fitness gain from the brood-parasitism, we consider the condition in order that parasite individua ... | 1999 | 10204400 |
| flightlessness and phylogeny amongst endemic rails (aves:rallidae) of the new zealand region. | the phylogenetic relationships of a number of flightless and volant rails have been investigated using mtdna sequence data. the third domain of the small ribosomal subunit (12s) has been sequenced for 22 taxa, and part of the 5' end of the cytochrome-b gene has been sequenced for 12 taxa. additional sequences were obtained from outgroup taxa, two species of jacana, sarus crane, spur-winged plover and kagu. extinct rails were investigated using dna extracted from subfossil bones, and in cases whe ... | 1997 | 9163823 |
| a redescription of spirofilaria fulicae-atrae (diesing, 1861) baylis, 1944, from the leg of the moorhen, gallinula chloropus. | | 1969 | 5381122 |
| [distoma arenula f.c.h. creplin 1825, little known distomum, found in the water hen, gallinula chloropus (l.) at richelieu (indre-et-loire)]. | | 2006 | 13340435 |
| mixed reproductive strategies of the common moorhen on a microscale as revealed by genetic data. | external factors shaping reproductive strategies within a population are still poorly understood. how individuals use space and where they decide to build a nest may influence reproductive strategies, as individuals that are close in space may more frequently interact socially. here, we investigated a population (n=58 from 15 nests) of the common moorhen in the loir river (western france) using microsatellite data (54 alleles). we found a surprisingly low level of genetic monogamy, a low related ... | 2012 | 23199635 |
| pathogenicity and transmissibility of three avian influenza a (h5n6) viruses isolated from wild birds. | since 2013, highly pathogenic h5n6 avian influenza viruses (aivs) have emerged in poultry and caused sporadic human infections in asia. the recent discovery of three new avian h5n6 viruses - a/oriental magpie-robin/guangdong/sw8/2014 (h5n6), a/common moorhen/guangdong/gz174/2014 (h5n6) and a/pallas's sandgrouse/guangdong/zh283/2015 (h5n6) - isolated from apparently healthy wild birds in southern china in 2014-2015 raises great concern for the spread of these highly pathogenic aivs (hpaivs) and t ... | 2018 | 29307740 |
| systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (aves: rallidae) of the mascarene islands, with one new species. | five species in five genera of extinct endemic rails have been described from the mascarene islands of mauritius, réunion and rodrigues: the mauritian red rail or poule rouge aphanapteryx bonasia; mascarene coot or poule d'eau fulica newtonii; which occurred on mauritius and réunion; réunion wood rail dryolimnas augusti; réunion gallinule or oiseaux bleu 'porphyrio caerulescens'; and rodrigues or leguat's rail erythromachus leguati. all are known from fossil remains and/or from contemporary acco ... | 2019 | 31712544 |
| phylogenetic analysis and karyotype evolution in two species of core gruiformes: aramides cajaneus and psophia viridis. | gruiformes is a group with phylogenetic issues. recent studies based on mitochondrial and genomic dna have proposed the existence of a core gruiformes, consisting of five families: heliornithidae, aramidae, gruidae, psophiidae and rallidae. karyotype studies on these species are still scarce, either by conventional staining or molecular cytogenetics. due to this, this study aimed to analyze the karyotype of two species (aramides cajaneus and psophia viridis) belonging to families rallidae and ps ... | 2020 | 32183220 |
| identification of newcastle disease virus subgenotype vii.2 in wild birds in turkey. | newcastle disease viruses (ndvs) can spread across continents via migratory birds. hence, we investigated the frequency of ndv in both non-migratory and birds migrating on the black sea-mediterranean flyway, in istanbul, turkey. birds were trapped using nets placed around the kucukcekmece lake avcilar, istanbul, in spring seasons of 2016 and 2018. in total, 297 birds belonging to 42 different species were trapped, categorized according to species and sex, and flocked oropharyngeal swabs were col ... | 2020 | 32771001 |
| assessing the association and predictability of heavy metals in avian organs, feathers, and bones using crowdsourced samples. | birds are bioindicators for research on the relationship between environmental heavy metal concentration levels and accumulation levels in bird tissues. we use roadkill samples, collected by citizen science participants, to investigate the accumulation levels and associations of seven heavy metals in internal organs (heart, liver, and kidney), feathers (primary and breast), and bones (sternum and femur) of two focal species, amaurornis phoenicurus and gallinula chloropus. we found that heavy met ... | 2020 | 32443269 |
| wax esters of uropygial gland secretion as biomarkers of endocrine disruption in birds exposed to treated sewage water. | the chemical composition of the uropygial gland secretion of birds shows seasonal, sex and age-related variations following sex hormones fluctuations. we explore the use of the composition of the uropygial gland secretion as a non-invasive biomarker of endocrine disruption in 137 common moorhens (gallinula chloropus) from navaseca pond, which receives the effluent of a wastewater treatment plant, and from the more pristine tablas de daimiel national park in spain. wax ester and fatty acid compos ... | 2019 | 31003144 |
| metals and metalloids in blood and feathers of common moorhens (gallinula chloropus) from wetlands that receive treated wastewater. | we addressed the hypothesis that birds in eutrophic wetlands receiving wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) effluents are exposed to high levels of metals and metalloids and this may drive an ecological trap in some species attracted to these highly productive ecosystems. levels of metals and metalloids were determined in sediment and in blood and feathers of common moorhens (gallinula chloropus) from two wetlands in central spain: navaseca pond, which receives directly the effluent of a wwtp; and ... | 2019 | 30048871 |
| bi-parentally inherited genetic evidence for male-biased dispersal in common moorhen (gallinula chloropus). | dispersal is a life history trait that has relevant effect on both the dynamics and the genetics of species and sex-biased dispersal depends on how resource competition affects each of the sexes. in this study, a total of 210 blood samples including 121 common moorhen (gallinula chloropus) females and 89 males were collected from 18 diverse areas during the breeding season. based on 8 microsatellite markers analyses, we found that the most genetic diversities from female populations were higher ... | 2019 | 30030666 |