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Vocal tract constancy in birds and humans
... in birds as vocal signals are the key source of communication in ...between humans and birds may be evident if these mechanisms are basic processes of the auditory system that are evolutionarily ...
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Continued Evolution of H5N1 Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds, Domestic Poultry, and Humans in China from 2004 to 2009
... Despite substantial efforts to control H5N1 avian influenza viruses (AIVs), the viruses have continued to evolve and cause disease outbreaks in poultry and infections in humans. In this report, we analyzed 51 ...
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Intraspecific eye color variability in birds and mammals: a recent evolutionary event exclusive to humans and domestic animals
... wild birds and mammals may have intraspecific eye color variability, but this variation seems to be due to the developmental stage of the individual, its breeding status, and/or sexual ...by humans in the ...
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Relationship between IS901 in theMycobacterium avium Complex Strains Isolated from Birds, Animals, Humans, and the Environment and Virulence for Poultry
... Immunocompetent humans, although in contact with MAC strains in the environment, are not usually infected under normal conditions ...in birds, pigs, and other farm ...from humans and subse- quently ...
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The Surface Glycoproteins of H5 Influenza Viruses Isolated from Humans, Chickens, and Wild Aquatic Birds Have Distinguishable Properties
... aquatic birds to chickens and from chickens to ...and humans acquire the ability to recognize Sia2-6Gal determi- nants that are believed to be the major sialyloligosaccharide determinants on ciliated cells ...
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Investigating the spatial risk distribution of West Nile virus disease in birds and humans in southern Ontario from 2002 to 2005
... submitted birds at their discretion, therefore the analysis was highly dependent on non-homogenous sam- pling ...dead birds) also manipulated the ...
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Emergence and Adaptation of a Novel Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Influenza Virus in Birds and Humans from a 2013 Human-Infecting Low-Pathogenic Ancestor
... and humans suggests that these variants preferentially bind to avian-like influenza virus receptors (18, 19, 30), and the S31N mutation of M2 suggests that these variants are resistant to adamantanes ...
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A First Report of Infestation by Pseudolynchia canariensis in a Herd of Pigeons in Shahrekord (Southwest of Iran)
... Background: Pigeons (Columba livia) have been kept as pet and reared for food in several countries including Iran. Ectoparasites are regarded as the basic causes of retardation in growth, lowered vitality and poor ...
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Enhancement of Replication of RNA Viruses by ADAR1 via RNA Editing and Inhibition of RNA-Activated Protein Kinase
... Viruses affected or likely affected by ADAR activity Virus Type ADAR activitya Hosts ADAR effectb References Avian leukosis virus Epstein-Barr virus RNA DNA Birds Humans RNA editing, pos[r] ...
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The caged bird in Roman life and poetry; metaphor, cognition, and value
... or birds in a cage have a dramatic existence which runs parallel to that of the residents of the house in which it ...Talking birds can more explicitly cross the boundary between the two since they can be ...
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Game Birds: The Ethics of Shooting Birds for Sport
... adult humans make a difference: anticipation, more detailed memory, greater knowledge of what is happening, and so on’ (1995a, ...that humans possess certain mental capacities (such as anticipation and ...
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Toxoplasmosis: A Review
... including humans, cats and birds, by eating food contaminated with oocysts or Bradizoite, found in tissue cysts or in contact with soil contaminated with infected cat faeces, spores are released from ...
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The intensity threshold of colour vision in two species of parrot
... So far we have discussed sensitivity at the receptor level, however, colour vision in dim light may also be limited by post-receptor mechanisms. Colour opponent mechanisms are less tolerant to noise than the additive ...
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Single radial complement fixation test for assaying antibody to influenza virus type specific antigens
... Although it was demonstrated that a small antigenic difference exists between the NPs of influenza A viruses isolated from different species birds, pigs, horses, and humans 11, the SRCF [r] ...
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Host feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes in Iran
... on humans. In addition, only humans and cattle comprised nearly three-quarter of all analysed blood meals and 55% of all mosquito taxa fed on both host ...mammals, humans and reptiles) of the four ...
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Diagnosis, epidemiology and human immune response to cryptosporidiosis
... The ubiquitous nature of the parasite in humans, wildlife including reptiles and birds, farm livestock, and pets as well as its apparent ability to cross host species barriers implies th[r] ...
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Development and regeneration of muscle spindles in mammals and birds
... Int J De" Biol 41 1 17(19971 H,'vir", Development and regeneration of muscle spindles in mammals and birds ALFRED MAIER' Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham USA[.] ...
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Social Episodic-Like Memory in the Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile Atricapillus)
... Subordinate birds took more worms after a long interval than after a short ...subordinate birds are stressed after an encounter with dominant birds during Phase 1, and therefore take more worms on ...
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Diversity, Distribution and Status of Birds of Kolleru Lake - A Ramsar Site in Andhra Pradesh
... Wading birds include Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, Curlews, Avocets, Godwits, Lapwings, Pratincoles, Shanks, Stilts, Stints, ...legged birds that wade in shallow waters include Herons, Storks, Ibises, ...
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Checklists Protected and Threatened Species in Ireland
... The checklists of species in this Chapter follow the broad interpretation of ‘plants’ included in the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), i.e. to include any ...
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