2025
An Enigmatic Wild Passerine Mortality Event in the Eastern United States
Greening S, Ellis J, Lewis N, Needle D, Tato C, Knowles S, Shearn-Bochsler V, Miller J, Grear D, Lorch J, Blehert D, Burrell C, Murphy L, Miller E, Ogbunugafor C, Ayala A, Thomas W, Sevigny J, Gordon L, Baillargeon T, Mwakibete L, Kirchgessner M, Casey C, Barton E, Yabsley M, Anis E, Gagne R, Klein P, Driscoll C, Sykes C, Poppenga R, Nemeth N. An Enigmatic Wild Passerine Mortality Event in the Eastern United States. Veterinary Sciences 2025, 12: 48. PMID: 39852922, PMCID: PMC11769554, DOI: 10.3390/vetsci12010048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEastern United StatesMortality eventsLive birdsJuvenile birdsDiagnostic laboratoriesWild passerinesWildlife rehabilitatorsClimate-related environmental changesNeurological signsAnthropogenic disturbancesFederal wildlife agenciesBirdsWildlife healthPeriocular lesionsWildlifeWildlife agenciesCarcassNutritional deficienciesUnited StatesVeterinariansEnvironmental changesPrivate citizens
2024
METAGENOMICS FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION DURING A MASS MORTALITY EVENT IN SONGBIRDS
Mwakibete L, Greening S, Kalantar K, Ahyong V, Anis E, Miller E, Needle D, Oglesbee M, Thomas W, Sevigny J, Gordon L, Nemeth N, Ogbunugafor C, Ayala A, Faith S, Neff N, Detweiler A, Baillargeon T, Tanguay S, Simpson S, Murphy L, Ellis J, Tato C, Gagne R. METAGENOMICS FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION DURING A MASS MORTALITY EVENT IN SONGBIRDS. Journal Of Wildlife Diseases 2024, 60: 362-374. PMID: 38345467, DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-23-00109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMass mortality eventsMortality eventsWildlife mortality eventsAffected birdsOcular dischargeClinical signsSubclinical infectionNext-generation sequencingMetagenomic next-generation sequencingSwollen conjunctivaBirdsMetagenomic approachPathogen detectionPathogenic microbesEastern USCongruent resultsDetect microbesMolecular laboratoryNutritional deficienciesMicrobesWildlifeEnvironmental contaminationPathogensDiagnostic investigationsPasserinesWildlife as Food and Medicine in Brazil: A Neglected Zoonotic Risk?
Zeppelini C, de Oliveira Carneiro I, de Abreu P, Linder A, Alves R, Costa F. Wildlife as Food and Medicine in Brazil: A Neglected Zoonotic Risk? Pathogens 2024, 13: 222. PMID: 38535565, PMCID: PMC10975579, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13030222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcessing of carcassesCross-species pathogen transmissionFood safetyZoonotic riskWild animalsDiversity of speciesWet marketsWild environmentPathogen transmissionConsumption chainDisease emergenceFoodBrazilOutbreak potentialWildlife consumptionTaxaWild FaunaCarcassWildlifeAnimalsFishBirdsPublic health emergencyFaunaBiotopes
2023
AIR SAC TREMATODES (CYCLOCOELIDAE STOSSICH, 1902) INFECTING BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Greiner E, Zimmerman D, Delaski K, Dronen N, Hammond E, Stacy B, Grillo J, MacLean R, Maurer J, Okimoto B, Douglass M, Yu J, Reavill D. AIR SAC TREMATODES (CYCLOCOELIDAE STOSSICH, 1902) INFECTING BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. Journal Of Zoo And Wildlife Medicine 2023, 54: 379-386. PMID: 37428703, DOI: 10.1638/2021-0159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected host speciesWild-caught birdsNonnative snailsHost speciesPasseriform birdsCaptive individualsLarval trematode infectionsIndoor aviaryAdult speciesAvian speciesSpeciesBirdsSnail intermediate hostIntermediate hostsAviariesZoological institutionsTrematode infectionsLarvaeSpSnailsTrematodesHostPCRAdult flukesFlukesWhen Vibrios Take Flight: A Meta-Analysis of Pathogenic Vibrio Species in Wild and Domestic Birds
Ayala A, Ogbunugafor C. When Vibrios Take Flight: A Meta-Analysis of Pathogenic Vibrio Species in Wild and Domestic Birds. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2023, 1404: 295-336. PMID: 36792882, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22997-8_15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPathogenic Vibrio speciesVibrio speciesGround-foraging bird speciesAvian speciesDomestic birdsGenus VibrioV. metschnikoviiV. mimicusVibrio pathogensPathogenic vibriosV. parahaemolyticusVibrio vulnificusBird speciesVibrio choleraeSusceptible avian speciesVibrioAssociated with clinical diseaseBirdsSpeciesPotential reservoirPathogensAnimal healthWarming estuariesCholeraVibriosis
2022
Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur
Wiemann J, Menéndez I, Crawford JM, Fabbri M, Gauthier JA, Hull PM, Norell MA, Briggs DEG. Fossil biomolecules reveal an avian metabolism in the ancestral dinosaur. Nature 2022, 606: 522-526. PMID: 35614213, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04770-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh metabolic rateCretaceous mass extinctionTerminal Cretaceous mass extinctionLate Cretaceous taxaMetabolic rateCrown mammalsAvian lineagesAncestral stateEcological nichesGiant sauropodsCretaceous taxaMammalsMetabolic abilitiesMetabolic performanceMass extinctionBirdsPhysiological activityEndothermyAvian metabolismCostly adaptationsMetabolismVivo accumulationTheropodsOrnithischiansEctothermsChapter 7 The avian major histocompatibility complex
Kaufman J. Chapter 7 The avian major histocompatibility complex. 2022, 135-161. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818708-1.00033-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Molecular Characterization of Closely Related H6N2 Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Turkey, Egypt, and Uganda
Mercan Y, Atim G, Kayed A, Azbazdar M, Kandeil A, Ali M, Rubrum A, McKenzie P, Webby R, Erima B, Wabwire-Mangen F, Ukuli Q, Tugume T, Byarugaba D, Kayali G, Ducatez M, Koçer Z. Molecular Characterization of Closely Related H6N2 Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Turkey, Egypt, and Uganda. Viruses 2021, 13: 607. PMID: 33918166, PMCID: PMC8065897, DOI: 10.3390/v13040607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza virusMolecular characterizationMigratory birdsH6N2 avian influenza virusAssociated with increased replicationH6N2 influenza virusesAvian influenza virusMultiple reassortment eventsMediterranean/Black Sea flywaysTurkish isolatesH6N2 virusesGenetic analysisAdaptive markersReassortment eventsVirus evolutionMolecular markersWild birdsNatural hostBirdsIsolated virusZoonotic potentialMammalsVirusVirus transmission dynamicsMarkers
2020
What would it take to describe the global diversity of parasites?
Carlson C, Dallas T, Alexander L, Phelan A, Phillips A. What would it take to describe the global diversity of parasites? Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2020, 287: 20201841. PMID: 33203333, PMCID: PMC7739500, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParasite diversityParasites of birdsDiversity of parasitesParasites of amphibiansHelminth parasitesHost-parasite associationsParasite collectionGlobal Virome ProjectParasitesHost-parasite networksHuman Genome ProjectUndersampled countriesSample of diversityGenome ProjectMissing speciesBony fishesGlobal diversitySmall hostsSpeciesGlobal changeHelminthsFishDiversityBirdsVertebrates
2019
The Mathematics of Extinction Across Scales: From Populations to the Biosphere
Carlson C, Burgio K, Dallas T, Getz W. The Mathematics of Extinction Across Scales: From Populations to the Biosphere. Mathematics Of Planet Earth 2019, 5: 225-264. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22044-0_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies–area relationshipPopulation viability analysisOccupancy modelsSighting recordsExtinction riskConservation biologistsRare birdsViability analysisExtinction dateExtinction ratesEvolutionary rescueSpix's macawsMass extinctionExtinctionQuantitative challengesChanging environmentEcologistsEcosystemConservationBirdsAnalytical methodBiosphereSpeciesSpixPopulationMicroRNA-19b restricts Wnt7b to the hem, which induces aspects of hippocampus development in the avian forebrain
Sindhu SK, Udaykumar N, Zaidi MAA, Soni A, Sen J. MicroRNA-19b restricts Wnt7b to the hem, which induces aspects of hippocampus development in the avian forebrain. Development 2019, 146: dev175729. PMID: 31578189, DOI: 10.1242/dev.175729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIn vivo imaging of D2 receptors and corticosteroids predict behavioural responses to captivity stress in a wild bird
Lattin CR, Merullo DP, Riters LV, Carson RE. In vivo imaging of D2 receptors and corticosteroids predict behavioural responses to captivity stress in a wild bird. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 10407. PMID: 31320692, PMCID: PMC6639298, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46845-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWild houseMore time feedingWild birdsReceptor bindingIndividual variationBirdsUnderstanding of linksCaptivityPhysiological mechanismsLong-term stressorsTime feedingStress resilienceCaptivity stressPhysiological variationsNeuroendocrine phenotypeBindingPhysiologyBehavioral responsesSubset of individualsStressorsWildlifePhenotypeImportant implicationsIndividual's physiological variationsStressMicroplastics in the diet of nestling double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus), an obligate piscivore in a freshwater ecosystem
Brookson C, de Solla S, Fernie K, Cepeda M, Rochman C. Microplastics in the diet of nestling double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus), an obligate piscivore in a freshwater ecosystem. Canadian Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences 2019, 76: 2156-2163. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2018-0388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaurentian Great LakesAnthropogenic debrisDouble-crested cormorantsGreat LakesPhalacrocorax auritusDiet of double-crested cormorantsObligate piscivoresCormorant chicksFreshwater ecosystemsIngested debrisAquatic ecosystemsCharacterize debrisMarine systemsAmount of debrisAnthropogenic materialsFreshwater birdsFreshwater systemsDiving birdsCormorantsLaurentianMicroplasticsFreshwaterEcosystemLakeBirds
2018
Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011
Anderson J, Armstrong P, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Andreadis T, Molaei G. Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011. Journal Of The American Mosquito Control Association 2018, 34: 1-10. PMID: 31442119, DOI: 10.2987/17-6707.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies of mosquitoesBlood-feeding habitMammalian hostsCommon mammalian hostSpecies of birdsDifferent mammalian hostsBlood-fed mosquitoesSource of bloodUnique habitatAbundant speciesSeasonal abundanceMosquito speciesSpeciesMosquito-borne virusJamestown Canyon virusCache Valley virusWest Nile virusMosquitoesBirdsMid-JuneHostNile virusSeasonal distributionVirusPasseriformes
2017
Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill
Schneider ER, Anderson EO, Mastrotto M, Matson JD, Schulz VP, Gallagher PG, LaMotte RH, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 13036-13041. PMID: 29109250, PMCID: PMC5724259, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708793114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAvian ProteinsBeakChickensCloning, MolecularDucksEmbryo, NonmammalianGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansIon ChannelsKineticsMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularMicePatch-Clamp TechniquesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityTouchTouch PerceptionTrigeminal GanglionConceptsMolecular basisHeterologous expression systemSpecialist birdsMouse orthologPiezo2 ion channelsTactile specializationExpression systemDuck billMolecular characterizationIon channelsFeeding behaviorEdible matterPiezo2BirdsElectrophysiological characterizationSlow inactivation kineticsOrthologsVertebratesMechanoMechanotransductionKnockdownInactivation kineticsMurky watersHigh densityNeurons
2016
Location, location, location: the evolutionary history of CD1 genes and the NKR-P1/ligand systems
Rogers S, Kaufman J. Location, location, location: the evolutionary history of CD1 genes and the NKR-P1/ligand systems. Immunogenetics 2016, 68: 499-513. PMID: 27457887, PMCID: PMC5002281, DOI: 10.1007/s00251-016-0938-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD1 genesGenomic locationsEvolutionary historyAdaptive immune system of jawed vertebratesImmune system of jawed vertebratesGenome-wide duplicationMHC paralogous regionClass II sequencesParalogous regionsPhylogenetic analysisJawed vertebratesII sequencesLipid antigensCD1 moleculesCell surface moleculesAntigen presenting moleculesMHC genesGenesPresenting moleculesReptilesVertebratesFunctional attributesBirdsSurface moleculesCD1
2015
A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing
Prum RO, Berv JS, Dornburg A, Field DJ, Townsend JP, Lemmon EM, Lemmon AR. A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing. Nature 2015, 526: 569-573. PMID: 26444237, DOI: 10.1038/nature15697.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Frame‐shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine‐treated wings
Vargas AO, Wagner GP. Frame‐shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine‐treated wings. Evolution & Development 2009, 11: 163-169. PMID: 19245548, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2009.00317.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Avian NK activities, cells and receptors
Rogers S, Viertlboeck B, Göbel T, Kaufman J. Avian NK activities, cells and receptors. Seminars In Immunology 2008, 20: 353-360. PMID: 18948017, DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2008.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeukocyte receptor complexNatural killer complexMajor histocompatibility complexNK receptor genesReceptor geneGenomic regionsNatural killerNK activityGammadelta T cellsIntestinal epitheliumReceptor complexNKT cellsGenesHistocompatibility complexT cellsCellsBirdsActivityAlphabetaGammadeltaChickenPrevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova
Movila A, Gatewood A, Toderas I, Duca M, Papero M, Uspenskaia I, Conovalov J, Fish D. Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus and I. lividus ticks collected from wild birds in the Republic of Moldova. International Journal Of Medical Microbiology 2008, 298: 149-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWild birdsI. lividusSensu latoB. burgdorferi s.I. ricinusLyme disease agentBurgdorferi s.Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latoBurgdorferi sensu latoIxodes ricinusBacterial speciesSequenced PCR productsForest ReserveFirst recordBirdsBorrelia sppLividusDisease agentsI. ricinus ticksImportant reservoirPCR productsLatoNorth AmericaRicinusS.
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