On mallard ducks and reincarnation - John Brown's Notes.
Bird - Bird - Importance to man: In addition to their importance in literature and legend, birds have been significant to human society in myriad ways. Birds and their eggs have been at least incidental sources of food for humans since their origin and still are in most societies. The eggs of some colonial seabirds, such as gulls, terns, and murres, or guillemots, and the young of some.
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.
The goose (Anser cygnoides), having high nutritional value, high-quality feathers and high economic benefit, is an economically important poultry species. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the higher susceptibility to pathogens in goslings than in adult geese remains poorly understood. In this study, the histological sections of spleen tissue from a two-week-old gosling and an adult.
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Thus, we collected nest attendance data for 44 mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), 13 blue-winged teal (A. discors), 12 lesser scaup (Aythya affinis), 8 northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), 6 gadwall (A.
Acinonyx jubatus Anas platyrhynchos Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos (common mallard) Anser anser (domestic goose) Bos grunniens (domestic yak) Bos indicus Bos taurus Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) Cairina moschata (Muscovy duck) Canis lupus familiaris Capra hircus Cavia porcellus (domestic guinea pig) Cichlidae Coturnix coturnix (common quail) Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail) Danio rerio.
Removal of a Presumed Peripheral Cerebral Cyst via Craniectomy in a Crested Pekin Duck ( Anas platyrhynchos f dom) Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 30, No. 3 The Supraorbital Keyhole Approach to the Suprasellar and Supra-Intrasellar Rathke Cleft Cysts Under Pure Endoscopic Visualization.