Columbidae
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Survival cost of an early immune soliciting in nature.

29 Sep 2009 If immune functions confer obvious benefits to hosts, life-history theory assumes that they also induce costs, leading to trade-offs between immunity and other fitness components. However, whether substantial fitness costs are associated with immune ... Read more...

Assessment of novel avian renal disease markers for the detection of experimental nephrotoxicosis in pigeons (Columba livia).

30 Aug 2009 Renal disease is a major cause of illness in captive and wild avian species. Current renal disease markers (e.g., uric acid, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine) are insensitive. Two endogenous markers, creatine and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase ... Read more...

Evidence-based orthopaedics or 'superstition in the pigeon'.

26 Aug 2009 Pigeon behavioural conditioning methods are similar to the processes that orthopaedic surgeons use to evaluate new surgical procedures. Alternatively, evidence-based orthopaedics is a tool for surgeons to evaluate procedures in a systematic, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Columbidae'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Behavioural ecology: Winged warnings. 29 Sep 2009
• Survival cost of an early immune soliciting in nature. 29 Sep 2009
• Assessment of novel avian renal disease markers for the detection of experimental nephrotoxicosis in pigeons (Columba livia). 30 Aug 2009
• Evidence-based orthopaedics or 'superstition in the pigeon'. 26 Aug 2009
• Blocking of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Ralstonia solanacearum Lectins by plant and microbial branched polysaccharides used as food additives. 10 Aug 2009
• Eimeria livialis sp.n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the domestic pigeon, Columba livia domestica in Saudi Arabia. 30 Jul 2009
• Reassessing the importance of granivorous pigeons as massive, long-distance seed dispersers. 30 Jul 2009
• Effects of free food deliveries and temporal contiguity on choice under concurrent-chain schedules. 30 Jul 2009
• Further analysis of perception of the standard Müller-Lyer figures in pigeons (Columba livia) and humans (Homo sapiens): effects of length of brackets. 30 Jul 2009
• Environmental and pharmacological factors in the development of noncontingent tolerance to cocaine in pigeons. 30 Jul 2009
• Examination of reinforcement magnitude on the pharmacological disruption of fixed-ratio performance. 30 Jul 2009
• Timing with opportunity cost: concurrent schedules of reinforcement improve peak timing. 30 Jul 2009
• Virulence of pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 does not always correlate with the cleavability of its fusion protein. 27 Jul 2009
• The behavioral economics of choice and interval timing. 29 Jun 2009
• Olfactory navigation in homing pigeons: the last challenge. 29 Jun 2009
• Infectious and lethal doses of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus for house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and rock pigeons (Columbia livia). 29 Jun 2009
• Resistance to change within heterogeneous response sequences. 29 Jun 2009
• Molecular epidemiology of isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex from Spain. 28 Jun 2009
• Behavioral effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, its precursor gamma-butyrolactone, and GABA(B) receptor agonists: time course and differential antagonism by the GABA(B) receptor antagonist 3-aminopropyl(diethoxymethyl)phosphinic acid (CGP35348). 27 Jun 2009
• EEG responses to visual landmarks in flying pigeons. 23 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Columbidae'

Definition: Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.

Descriptor UI: D010856

Alternative terms: Columbidae; Pigeons; Pigeon; Doves; Dove; Columba livia; Rock Pigeons; Pigeon, Rock; Pigeons, Rock; Rock Pigeon; Rock Doves; Dove, Rock; Doves, Rock; Rock Dove; Domestic Pigeons; Domestic Pigeon; Pigeon, Domestic; Pigeons, Domestic; Feral Pigeons; Feral Pigeon; Pigeon, Feral; Pigeons, Feral;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; embryology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; injuries; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; surgery; urine; virology;

Tree Number: B01.150.900.248.165.150;

History Note: 2005 (1968)