| whole-genome sequence of a beak and feather disease virus isolate from a fledgling red-capped parrot (purpureicephalus spurius). | the complete genome sequence of beak and feather disease virus (bfdv) from a fledgling red-capped parrot (purpureicephalus spurius) was assembled and characterized. the genome consists of 1,995 nucleotides and encodes two major proteins in opposing directions. this is the first evidence of bfdv infectivity and a complete genome sequence for this novel host. | 2016 | 27738029 |
| morphological and molecular characterization of eimeria purpureicephali n. sp. (apicomplexa:eimeriidae) in a red-capped parrot (purpureicephalus spurius, kuhl, 1820) in western australia. | a new eimeria species is described from a red-capped parrot (purpureicephalus spurius). sporulated oocysts (n = 31) were spherical to subspherical, with a rough bilayered oocyst wall 0.8 μm thick. oocysts measured 24.0 × 22.8 (20.4-26.4 × 18.3-25.9) μm, oocyst length/width ratio, 1.10. oocyst residuum, polar granule and micropyle were absent. sporocysts are elongate-ovoid, 11.0 × 7.3 (12.7-9.2 × 7.9-6.6) μm, sporocyst length/width ratio, 1.51 (1.33-1.71). the thin convex stieda body and indistin ... | 2016 | 26977403 |
| hematology of the red-capped parrot (pionopsitta pileata) and vinaceous amazon parrot (amazona vinacea) in captivity. | preliminary reference intervals for hematologic and total plasma protein profiles were determined for nine adult red-capped parrots (pionopsitta pileata) (six males and three females) and six vinaceous amazon parrots (amazona vinacea) (two adult males, two adult females, one juvenile, and one nonsexed) from the curitiba zoo, paraná, brazil. for both red-capped parrots and vinaceous amazon parrots, adult males had higher red blood cell counts than adult females. regarding white blood cell distrib ... | 2009 | 19368236 |