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Neopsilotrema n. g. (Digenea: Psilostomidae) and three new species of psilostomid digeneans are described from birds in North America and Europe: Neopsilotrema lakotae n. sp. from Aythya americana (Eyton) in North Dakota, USA, Neopsilotrema affine n. sp. from Aythya affinis (Eyton) in Minnesota, USA and Neopsilotrema lisitsynae n. sp. from Anas crecca L. in Kherson Region, Ukraine. Neopsilotrema n. g. shares a bipartite seminal vesicle with only three genera within the Psilostomidae, Psilotornus Byrd & Prestwood, 1969, Psilostomum Looss, 1899 and Grysoma Byrd, Bogitsh & Maples, 1961. The new genus differs from Psilotornus in the presence of a muscular pharynx and a massive ventral sucker; the location of the cirrus-sac in relation to the ventral sucker and more posterior location of ovary; the nature of the vitellarium (i.e. comprising large, compact follicles with small vitelline cells vs weakly defined follicles with large vitelline cells); a proportionately shorter forebody; and in parasitisation in anseriform (vs passeriform) birds. Differences between the new genus and Psilostomum comprise the shape of the body, the relative size of the suckers, somewhat longer forebody and a more anterior location of the testes. Neopsilotrema n. g. differs from Grysoma in the relative size of the suckers, the degree of development of prostatic cells, the nature of the vitellarium and the size of the eggs in relation to body length. The European species Neopsilotrema lisitsynae n. sp. is distinguished from its congeners in having a longer, narrower and distinctly more elongate body with a longer post-testicular region and anterior limits of the vitelline fields posterior to ventral sucker. The two North American forms, Neopsilotrema lakotae n. sp. and Neopsilotrema affine n. sp., are cryptic species with largely overlapping metrical data; these are distinguished by comparing genetic data. The phylogenetic hypotheses for the Psilostomidae developed from sequence data analyses based on partial 28S rDNA support the erection of the new genus and the distinction of the three new species. Grysoma marilae (Price, 1942) agrees more closely with the generic diagnosis of Neopsilotrema, especially in relation to the size and shape of the body, the relative length of the forebody and post-testicular field, the structure of the vitellarium, the location of the reproductive organs and the sucker ratio. Consequently, it is here transferred to the new genus as Neopsilotrema marilae (Price, 1942) n. comb.
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- druhová specificita MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- kachny parazitologie MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- RNA ribozomální 28S genetika MeSH
- Trematoda anatomie a histologie klasifikace genetika MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Severní Amerika MeSH
- Ukrajina MeSH
The rheological behavior of liquid egg products (egg yolk, egg white, and whole liquid egg) was studied using a concentric cylinder viscometer. Eggs of three poultry specimens were used: hen (Isa Brown), Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), and goose (Anser anser f. domestica). Rheological behavior was pseudoplastic and flow curves fitted by the power law model (Herschel-Bulkley and Ostwald-De Waele). The meaning of rheological parameters on friction factors and velocity profiles during flow of liquid egg products in tube has been shown.
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- Anseriformes MeSH
- Coturnix MeSH
- hydrodynamika * MeSH
- kur domácí MeSH
- reologie MeSH
- tření MeSH
- vejce * MeSH
- viskozita MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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- Anseriformes * MeSH
- ptačí chřipka u ptáků epidemiologie virologie MeSH
- virus chřipky A, podtyp H5N1 patogenita MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- dopisy MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
Although birds have genetically determined sex, the sex ratio has been reported to deviate from parity in several studies. Temperature-dependent sex determination, which is common in reptiles, is absent in birds. However, females are able to adjust their investment into eggs according to the sex of the embryo, which may cause sex-specific embryonic mortality. Incubation temperature may also cause sex-biased embryonic mortality, and it may differentially affect the phenotype of male and female hatchlings. We aimed to investigate differences between male and female Mallard embryos regarding their egg size, mortality during incubation and hatchling phenotype in relation to incubation temperature. Mallard eggs were incubated under six constant incubation temperatures (ranging from 35.0 to 38.0 °C). Hatchlings were weighed, and their morphological traits were measured. We determined the sex of hatchlings and unhatched embryos by genetic analysis and found higher male embryonic mortality at 35.5 °C (44 males vs. 28 females) and a higher proportion of female hatchlings at 38 °C (24 males vs. 38 females); however, these results were not statistically significant. Our results suggest that Mallard females do not differentiate quantitatively between sexes during egg production. Male hatchlings were significantly larger but not heavier than females. The size difference between sexes was most pronounced at temperatures around 36 °C, which is the mean temperature of naturally incubated Mallard eggs.
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- Anseriformes embryologie fyziologie MeSH
- drůbež embryologie fyziologie MeSH
- embryonální vývoj * MeSH
- inkubátory MeSH
- poměr pohlaví * MeSH
- teplota * MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
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- Anseriformes klasifikace MeSH
- dravci zranění MeSH
- ekologie metody organizace a řízení zákonodárství a právo MeSH
- husy zranění MeSH
- kachny klasifikace zranění MeSH
- měkkozobí zranění MeSH
- nemocnice veterinární organizace a řízení trendy MeSH
- ohrožené druhy * MeSH
- ptáci klasifikace zranění MeSH
- statistika jako téma MeSH
- veterinární lékařství * metody organizace a řízení MeSH
- zachování přírodních zdrojů * ekonomika metody zákonodárství a právo MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
In order to determine the actual prevalence of avian influenza viruses (AIV) in wild birds in the Czech Republic extensive surveillance was carried out between January and April 2006. A total of 2101 samples representing 61 bird species were examined for the presence of influenza A by using PCR, sequencing and cultivation on chicken embryos. AIV subtype H5N1 was detected in 12 Mute swans (Cygnus olor). The viruses were determined as HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) and the hemagglutinin sequence was closely similar to A/mallard/Italy/835/06 and A/turkey/Turkey/1194/05. Following the first H5N1 case, about 300 wild birds representing 33 species were collected from the outbreak region and tested for the presence of AIV without any positive result. This is the first report of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the Czech Republic. The potential role of swan as an effective vector of avian influenza virus is also discussed.
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- Anseriformes virologie MeSH
- divoká zvířata MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- kuřecí embryo MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- ptačí chřipka u ptáků epidemiologie virologie MeSH
- surveillance populace MeSH
- virus chřipky A, podtyp H5N1 izolace a purifikace klasifikace patogenita MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- kuřecí embryo MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
In Iceland, the examination of whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus L.) viscera resulted in the detection of adult digenean flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. The mature worms occurring in the blood vessels of the large intestine and mesenterium caused vascular lesions, around the eggs deposited in the intestinal mucosa and liver granulomatous reactions developed. The morphology of the isolated schistosomes shows certain similarity with the flukes of the genus Trichobilharzia; in males reduced gynecophoral canal, and on both sexes both suckers and spatulate ends are present. However, the Icelandic flukes possess other morphological features which are distinct from the genus: the point of caecal reunion in males takes place posterior to gynecophoral canal and the genital pore is behind acetabulum and anterior to caecal reunion. In order to evaluate the identity of Icelandic schistosomes, sequencing of ITS region of DNA was performed, and the obtained sequence was deposited in GenBank under the accession no. DQ067561. Following phylogenetic analysis of relationship between the sequence of Icelandic flukes and database sequences of other bird schistosome genera (Trichobilharzia, Gigantobilharzia and Dendritobilharzia) showed different position of Icelandic worms in the phylogenetic tree. In conclusion, our study revealed new genus and species of schistosome flukes--Allobilharzia visceralis gen. et sp. n.
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- Anseriformes anatomie a histologie parazitologie MeSH
- feces parazitologie MeSH
- financování organizované MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- molekulární sekvence - údaje MeSH
- nemoci ptáků parazitologie MeSH
- počet parazitárních vajíček MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- ribozomální DNA genetika MeSH
- Schistosoma anatomie a histologie genetika klasifikace MeSH
- schistosomóza parazitologie veterinární MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
