Encyclopedia of Avian Science (4 Volume Set)

VOLUME 1 -- The Role of Uric Acid in the Avian; Selenium Supplementation of Diet Affects Antioxidant Activity and Protects against Antibiotic Resistance and Avian Influenza in Poultry; The Biological Monitoring of Wild Birds - Part 1: The Cadmium Content of Organs from Migratory Birds; The Biological Monitoring of Wild Birds - Part 2: The Possibility of a New Index for Biological Monitoring; Outbreak Control and Viral Evolution of the Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza in Thailand; Bird Schistosomes; How Quickly Did Bird Flu Go Off the Public Radar? Results of a Follow-Up CATI Survey of Australian Adults; Risk Assessment of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Infections through Water; Dynamics of Low and High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Wild Bird Population; Surgical Pinealectomy in Birds; An Animal Geography of the Dominant Urban Avian Scavenger in Contrasting Case Studies; Factors Determining Species Richness and Composition of Steppe Bird Communities in Peninsular Spain: Grass-Steppe vs. Shrub-Steppe Bird Species; The Impact of Landscape Configuration and Competitors on the Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monarchus Temminck 1823 in Southern Ghana; Biosecurity Measures against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Free-Range Flocks and Commercial Poultry in Developing Countries: A Review; Carotenoid-based Ornaments as Signals of Health Status in Birds: Evidences from Two Galliform Species, The Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) and the Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus); Distribution and Dispersion of Coccidia in Wild Passerines of the Americas; Sex Determination in Birds; Structure and Function of the Avian Respiratory System, with Observation on its Predisposition to Injury by Particulates and Pathogenic Microorganisms; Recent Infectious Diseases or their Responsible Agents Recorded from Japanese Wild Birds; Environmental Factors that Affect Urban Avian Communities; Ticks on Brazilian Birds: Overview; An Overview of Recent Parasitic Diseases due to Helminths and Arthropods Recorded from Wild Birds, with Special Reference to Conservation Medical Cases from the Wild Animal Medical Center of Rakuno Gakuen University in Japan; Avian GnRH: Production, Structure and Function; Characteristics of MX Gene That Shows Resistance to Vesicular Stomatitis Virus from Avians to Mammals. VOLUME 2 -- A Current Update on Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli; Landscape Matrix Fragmentation Effect on Virgin Forest and Managed Forest Birds: A Multi-scale Study; Birds Widely Disperse Pathogen-Infected Ticks; Advances in Zoogeography: Micro-Spaces of Avian Foraging and Human Presence; Urban Hymns: How Urban Environments Affect Bird Populations and Avian Singing Behavior; Ecology and Conservation of the Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) in the Eastern Arabian Gulf; Plastic Debris and Seabirds: Updating an Old Story; Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Poultry; Seabird Conservation in Fisheries: Current State of Knowledge and Conservation Needs for Argentine High-seas Fleets; Seabirds and Island Communities: Biodiversity Awareness as a Tool for the Conservation of Insular Species; Biological Invasions of Malaria Parasites and their Bird Hosts; Density and Distribution of Birds in the Xavi Ecotourism Site, Ghana; Cryptosporidiosis in Birds; Preliminary Methodology to Assess the National and Regional Impact of U.S. Wind Energy Development on Birds and Bats; Spectral Overlap of Traffic Noise and Acoustic Signals by Birds in an Urban Forest in Southern Brazil; The Innovative Bird: Contextual Determinants and Underpinning Mechanisms of Innovative Foraging. VOLUME 3 -- Flamingo Studies: A General Introduction; The Evolution of Flamingos; Diet and Foraging Behavior; Flamingo Coloration and its Significance; Flight, Navigation, Dispersal, and Migratory Behavior; Flamingo Resting Behavior: A General Description and Sampling of Findings; Flamingo Social Behavior and Flock Dynamics; Reproductive Biology and Parenting Behavior; Mans Impact on Flamingos; Flamingos and Ecotourism; Flamingos in Captivity: Pretty in Pink, Popular and Puzzling; Flamingos and Gender Ideology in Advertising; Flamingos and Other Tropical Themes in Clothing and Accessories; Happy Captives and Monstrous Hybrids: The Flamingo in Childrens Stories; Flamingos in Folklore, Mythology, Religion and Art. VOLUME 4 -- Lactate Dehydrogenase of Bird and Mammalian Origin; Protein Electrophoresis in Avian Medicine; Estimating Associations between Amblyomma Ticks and Wild Birds in a Neotropic Forest from Survey Data; Oropharyngeal Trichomonads in Wild Birds; Giardiasis in Birds; Non-Contact Monitoring Bird Mass in Poultry Farms; Listeriosis in Game Birds; Geomatics for Micro-Spaces of Avian Foraging, Subjective Behavior and Human Presence; A Shortened Protocol for the Micropropagation of a Bird of Paradise (Strelizia reginae Ait.); Application of Geographical Technology in the Modelling of Migratory Bird Habitats in Mangrove Forests: A Review; The Effect of Aflatoxin on Adaptive Immune Function in Birds; Effect of Body Size on Aflatoxin Susceptibility in Birds; Recovery Time by Birds to a Single Acute Dose of Aflatoxin; Detection of Aflatoxin-Contaminated Grain by Three Granivorous Bird Species; Recent Data on the Distribution and Numbers of the Water Birds in the Wetlands along the Bulgarian Section of the Danube River; Status and Distribution of Diurnal Birds of Prey and the Black Stork along the Bulgarian Section of the Danube River; Antiviral Treatment and Therapy against Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1); Clinical and Pathological Outcome of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Poultry, West Africa; Advances in Drone-Based Tracking Technologies for Large Birds of Prey.