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Assessing foodborne pathogen survival in bird faeces to co-manage farms for bird conservation, production, and food safety.

Published online: 21 Mar 2025

Authors: Spence, A. R. & McGarvey, J. A. & Lee Sangin & Smith, O. M. & Olimpi, E. M. & Yang WenTao & Zhang MeiRun & Karp, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because birds can carry foodborne pathogens, widespread concern exists that birds impose food-safety risks to farms. Growers are thus often encouraged...

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Birds are not the only ones impacted by guidance to cease bird feeding.

Published online: 22 Mar 2024

Authors: Dayer, A. A. & Pototsky, P. C. & Hall, R. J. & Hawley, D. M. & Phillips, T. B. & Bonter, D. N. & Dietsch, A. M. & Greig, E. & Hochachka, W. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Humans have a particularly strong connection with birds, driving the enormous popularity of residential bird feeding in much of the world. We conducte...

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How, why, where and when people feed birds? - Spatio-temporal changes in bird-feeding in Finland.

Published online: 10 Feb 2025

Authors: Deshpande, P. & Haukka, A. & Rönkä, K. & Aivelo, T. & Santangeli, A. & Thorogood, R. & Lehikoinen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Providing food to animals, especially birds, during winter is a common activity in many countries. While bird-feeding can increase connections between...

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Agricultural intensification heightens food safety risks posed by wild birds.

Published online: 21 Nov 2020

Authors: Smith, O. M. & Edworthy, A. & Taylor, J. M. & Jones, M. S. & Tormanen, A. & Kennedy, C. M. & Fu Zhen & Latimer, C. E. & Cornell, K. A. & Michelotti, L. A. & Sato, C. & Northfield, T. & Snyder, W. E. & Owen, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification and simplification are key drivers of recent declines in wild bird populations, heightening the need to better balance co...

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The risks from H5N1 to wild birds from captive-reared mallard: Quick scoping review.

Published online: 07 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Donald, H.

Content type: White paper

This scoping review examined the potential risks of H5N1 dissemination into wild bird populations due to the release of captive-reared mallards. A com...

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Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry.

Published online: 29 Sep 2010

Authors: Gaidet, N. & Cappelle, J. & Takekawa, J. Y. & Prosser, D. J. & Iverson, S. A. & Douglas, D. C. & Perry, W. M. & Mundkur, T. & Newman, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory birds are major candidates for long-distance dispersal of zoonotic pathogens. In recent years, wildfowl have been suspected of contributing ...

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Challenging the conceptual framework of maintenance hosts for influenza A viruses in wild birds.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Caron, A. & Cappelle, J. & Gaidet, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The conceptual framework considering Anseriformes and Charadriiformes as the main maintenance hosts for influenza A viruses (IAV) in wild birds has sh...

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Estimating transmission of avian influenza in wild birds from incomplete epizootic data: implications for surveillance and disease spread.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Hénaux, V. & Parmley, J. & Soos, C. & Samuel, M. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Estimating disease transmission in wildlife populations is critical to understand host-pathogen dynamics, predict disease risks and prioritize surveil...

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The spatial-temporal relationship of blue-winged teal to domestic poultry: movement state modelling of a highly mobile avian influenza host.

Published online: 02 Nov 2021

Authors: Humphreys, J. M. & Douglas, D. C. & Ramey, A. M. & Mullinax, J. M. & Soos, C. & Link, P. & Walther, P. & Prosser, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Migratory waterfowl facilitate long-distance dispersal of zoonotic pathogens and are increasingly recognized as contributing to the geographic spread ...

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Culling-induced perturbation of social networks of wild geese reinforces rather than disrupts associations among survivors.

Published online: 01 Jul 2024

Authors: Downing, B. C. & Silk, M. J. & Delahay, R. J. & Bearhop, S. & Royle, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wildlife populations may be the subject of management interventions for disease control that can have unintended, counterproductive effects. Social st...

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