Feeding garden birds

2019 ◽  
Vol 185 (2) ◽  
pp. 56.1-56
Author(s):  
John E. Cooper ◽  
Margaret E. Cooper ◽  
Simon King
Keyword(s):  
Garden Birds

scholarly journals Garden Birds

Nature ◽  
1945 ◽  
Vol 156 (3950) ◽  
pp. 34-34
Author(s):  
F. P.
Keyword(s):  
Garden Birds

Exposure of garden birds to aflatoxins in Britain

2006 ◽  
Vol 361 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Lawson ◽  
S. MacDonald ◽  
T. Howard ◽  
S.K. Macgregor ◽  
A.A. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Garden Birds

What Happens When We Feed?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl Jones
Keyword(s):  
Critical Research ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Influence Of Food ◽  
Garden Birds ◽  
The Many

The importance and influence of food in the lives of animals has been studied is great detail in a vast number of species. This chapter outlines the many findings of this critical research that are directly relevant to understanding how the provisioning of food for garden birds may be affecting their lives.

scholarly journals An outbreak of trichomonosis in European greenfinches Chloris chloris and European goldfinches Carduelis carduelis wintering in Northern France

Parasite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Chavatte ◽  
Philippe Giraud ◽  
Delphine Esperet ◽  
Grégory Place ◽  
François Cavalier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Pathogen Transmission ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacers ◽  
Trichomonas Gallinae ◽  
Northern France ◽  
Iron Hydrogenase ◽  
Garden Birds ◽  
Carduelis Carduelis

Avian trichomonosis is a common and widespread disease, traditionally affecting columbids and raptors, and recently emerging among finch populations mainly in Europe. Across Europe, finch trichomonosis is caused by a single clonal strain of Trichomonas gallinae and negatively impacts finch populations. Here, we report an outbreak of finch trichomonosis in the wintering populations of Chloris chloris (European greenfinch) and Carduelis carduelis (European goldfinch) from the Boulonnais, in northern France. The outbreak was detected and monitored by bird ringers during their wintering bird ringing protocols. A total of 105 records from 12 sites were collected during the first quarter of 2017, with 46 and 59 concerning dead and diseased birds, respectively. Fourteen carcasses from two locations were necropsied and screened for multiple pathogens; the only causative agent identified was T. gallinae. Genetic characterization was performed by four markers (small subunit ribosomal RNA, hydrogenosomal iron-hydrogenase, and RNA polymerase II subunit 1 genes, and the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region) and confirmed the T. gallinae strain to be A1, which affects the finch populations of Europe. This was also confirmed by an ITS-based phylogenetic analysis which further illustrated the diversity of the Trichomonas infecting birds. Preliminary data on the survival and dispersion of infected birds were obtained from ring-returns of diseased individuals. The anthropogenic spread of diseases through bird feeding practices is highlighted and some suggestions to prevent pathogen transmission via backyard supplementary feeders for garden birds are given.

Epidemiology of Salmonellosis in Garden Birds in England and Wales, 1993 to 2003

EcoHealth ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Lawson ◽  
T. Howard ◽  
J. K. Kirkwood ◽  
S. K. Macgregor ◽  
M. Perkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
England And Wales ◽  
Garden Birds

scholarly journals Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Wild-Bird Fecal Material in Children's Playgrounds

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel P. French ◽  
Anne Midwinter ◽  
Barbara Holland ◽  
Julie Collins-Emerson ◽  
Rebecca Pattison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Wild Bird ◽  
Wild Birds ◽  
Fecal Material ◽  
Bird Populations ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Garden Birds ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Children Under 5

ABSTRACT In many countries relatively high notification rates of campylobacteriosis are observed in children under 5 years of age. Few studies have considered the role that environmental exposure plays in the epidemiology of these cases. Wild birds inhabit parks and playgrounds and are recognized carriers of Campylobacter, and young children are at greater risk of ingesting infective material due to their frequent hand-mouth contact. We investigated wild-bird fecal contamination in playgrounds in parks in a New Zealand city. A total of 192 samples of fresh and dried fecal material were cultured to determine the presence of Campylobacter spp. Campylobacter jejuni isolates were also characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and the profiles obtained were compared with those of human isolates. C. jejuni was isolated from 12.5% of the samples. MLST identified members of clonal complexes ST-45, ST-682, and ST-177; all of these complexes have been recovered from wild birds in Europe. PFGE of ST-45 isolates resulted in profiles indistinguishable from those of isolated obtained from human cases in New Zealand. Members of the ST-177 and ST-682 complexes have been found in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in the United Kingdom, and these birds were common in playgrounds investigated in New Zealand in this study. We suggest that feces from wild birds in playgrounds could contribute to the occurrence of campylobacteriosis in preschool children. Further, the C. jejuni isolates obtained in this study belonged to clonal complexes associated with wild-bird populations in the northern hemisphere and could have been introduced into New Zealand in imported wild garden birds in the 19th century.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Evidence That Garden Birds Are a Source of Human Salmonellosis in England and Wales

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e88968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becki Lawson ◽  
Elizabeth de Pinna ◽  
Robert A. Horton ◽  
Shaheed K. Macgregor ◽  
Shinto K. John ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Evidence ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Human Salmonellosis ◽  
Garden Birds

scholarly journals Colour preferences of UK garden birds at supplementary seed feeders

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. e0172422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Rothery ◽  
Graham W. Scott ◽  
Lesley J. Morrell
Keyword(s):  
Garden Birds ◽  
Colour Preferences

Salmonellosis in garden birds in Scotland, 1995 to 2008: geographic region, Salmonella enterica phage type and bird species

2010 ◽  
Vol 166 (14) ◽  
pp. 419-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Pennycott ◽  
H. A. Mather ◽  
G. Bennett ◽  
G. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Phage Type ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Garden Birds

scholarly journals Effects of supplementary feeding on interspecific dominance hierarchies in garden birds

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. e0202152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Francis ◽  
Kate E. Plummer ◽  
Bethany A. Lythgoe ◽  
Catriona Macallan ◽  
Thomas E. Currie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supplementary Feeding ◽  
Dominance Hierarchies ◽  
Interspecific Dominance ◽  
Garden Birds
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