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Bird physiology

Automated, stress-free, and precise measurement of songbird weight in neuroscience experiments

Yuval Bonneh, Avishag Tuval, Ido Ben-Shitrit, Lilia Goffer, Yarden Cohen

published 12 Jan 2026

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Gastric lavage may not be representative of total microplastic ingestion for a wild passerine bird

R. Keith Andringa, Nicholas A. Bruni, Jennifer A. Smith, Heather L. Prestridge, Ryan Thornton, Jacquelyn K. Grace

published 23 Oct 2025

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Radioactive contamination and climate warming affect physiological performance of Chornobyl barn swallows

Zbyszek Boratyński, Timothy A. Mousseau, Anders Pape Møller

published 06 Aug 2025

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Exploring the effects of noise pollution on physiology and ptilochronology of birds

Rida Amjad, Tahira Ruby, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Asad, Ayesha Imtiaz, Samra Masood, Muhammad Qamar Saeed, Maryam Arshad, Saima Talib, Qura-tul Ain Alvi, Afifa Khan, Muhammad Muazim Sharif

published 20 Jun 2024

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Functional dissociation along the rostrocaudal axis of Japanese quail hippocampus

Chelsey C. Damphousse, Noam Miller, Diano F. Marrone

published 14 Nov 2022

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Effects of ground robot manipulation on hen floor egg reduction, production performance, stress response, bone quality, and behavior

Guoming Li, Xue Hui, Yang Zhao, Wei Zhai, Joseph L. Purswell, Zach Porter, Sabin Poudel, Linan Jia, Bo Zhang, Gary D. Chesser

published 22 Apr 2022

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Incubation temperature and physiological aging in the zebra finch

Henrik H. Berntsen, Claus Bech

published 29 Nov 2021

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Assessment of laying-bird welfare following acaricidal treatment of a commercial flock naturally infested with the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)

Déborah Temple, Xavier Manteca, Damián Escribano, Marina Salas, Eva Mainau, Eva Zschiesche, Ivo Petersen, Roser Dolz, Emmanuel Thomas

published 19 Nov 2020

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Phaeomelanin matters: Redness associates with inter-individual differences in behaviour and feather corticosterone in male scops owls (Otus scops)

Ángel Cruz-Miralles, Jesús M. Avilés, Olivier Chastel, Mónica Expósito-Granados, Deseada Parejo

published 11 Nov 2020

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Physiological and morphological correlates of blood parasite infection in urban and non-urban house sparrow populations

Coraline Bichet, François Brischoux, Cécile Ribout, Charline Parenteau, Alizée Meillère, Frédéric Angelier

published 19 Aug 2020

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Daily and seasonal fluctuation in Tawny Owl vocalization timing

Patricia V. Agostino, Nicholas A. Lusk, Warren H. Meck, Diego A. Golombek, Guy Peryer

published 15 Apr 2020

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Embryonic thermal manipulation has short and long-term effects on the development and the physiology of the Japanese quail

Anaïs Vitorino Carvalho, Christelle Hennequet-Antier, Sabine Crochet, Thierry Bordeau, Nathalie Couroussé, Estelle Cailleau-Audouin, Pascal Chartrin, Veerle M. Darras, Tatiana Zerjal, Anne Collin, Vincent Coustham

published 23 Jan 2020

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Use of plumage and gular pouch color to evaluate condition of oil spill rehabilitated California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) post-release

Deborah L. Jaques, Kyra L. Mills, Barton G. Selby, Richard R. Veit, Michael H. Ziccardi

published 27 Feb 2019

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