| mycobacterial infection in a fairy bluebird (irena ract puella): a diagnostic conundrum. | an adult male, wild-caught fairy bluebird (irena puella) was evaluated after diagnosis of hepatic mycobacterial disease in a bird sharing the same quarantine space. initial results did not reveal leukocytosis or acid-fast organisms in a liver biopsy. however, mycobacterium avium was found in the liver via polymerase chain reaction (pcr). after euthanasia, acid-fast stains remained negative in the liver, although pcr was positive and m. avium complex (identified by high-performance liquid chromat ... | 2009 | 19368260 |
| detection and management of air sac trematodes (szidatitrema species) in captive multispecies avian exhibits. | from 2 exhibits in a zoological collection, 2 juvenile fairy bluebirds ( irena puella ) and 1 adult blue-grey tanager (thraupis episcopus) died within 3 months of one another. the cause of death was attributed to air sac trematodes, which were identified as szidatitrema species based on morphology of adult trematodes and miracidia isolated from a snail intermediate host. to determine the extent of trematodiasis in the collection, individual exhibits within the same building as the original prese ... | 2015 | 26771325 |
| intercontinental spread of asian-origin h7 avian influenza viruses by captive bird trade in 1990's. | wild bird migration and illegal trade of infected poultry, eggs, and poultry products have been associated with the spread of avian influenza viruses (aiv). during 1992-1996, h7n1 and h7n8 low pathogenic aiv (lpaiv) were identified from captive wild birds; such as pekin robin (leiothrix lutea), magpie robin (copsychus saularis), flycatcher sp. (genus empidonax), a species of softbill and parakeet, sun conure (aratinga solstitialis), painted conure (pyrrhura picta), fairy bluebird (irena puella), ... | 2019 | 31054314 |
| opening the door to greater phylogeographic inference in southeast asia: comparative genomic study of five codistributed rainforest bird species using target capture and historical dna. | indochina and sundaland are biologically diverse, interconnected regions of southeast asia with complex geographic histories. few studies have examined phylogeography of bird species that span the two regions because of inadequate population sampling. to determine how geographic barriers/events and disparate dispersal potential have influenced the population structure, gene flow, and demographics of species that occupy the entire area, we studied five largely codistributed rainforest bird specie ... | 2020 | 32273983 |