| four cases of neoplasia in captive wild birds. | four cases of malignant neoplasia in captive wild birds are described: an adenocarcinoma of the adrenal gland in a mountain duck (tadorna tadornoides), a malignant melanoma in the thoracic cavity of a combed duck (sarkidiornis melanotos), a hepatocellular carcinoma with pulmonary metastasis in an asian purple swamphen (porphyrio porphyrio), and an undifferentiated carcinoma in the abdomen with metastasis to skeletal muscle in a white-breasted waterhen (amaurornis phoenicurus). the tumors were di ... | 1987 | 3579789 |
| counts of selected duck species at corner inlet, victoria: changes in relation to local and distant meteorological variations. | numbers of four duck species present within a study area in a tidal embayment (corner inlet, south-eastern australia) were obtained between 1977 and 2002. the species involved were chestnut (anas castanea) and grey (a. gracilis) teal, pacific black duck (a. superciliosa) and australian shelduck (tadorna tadornoides) and counts are compared with local and distant meteorological data. chestnut and grey teal were most, and australian shelduck least, abundant. there was considerable monthly and annu ... | 2010 | 19937455 |