Background: Complex communities of bacteria inhabit the feathers of all birds. Under normal conditions, individuals maintain a healthy state by defending themselves against these potential invaders by
From April until June 2010, free-living female mallards were caught from their nest in a woodland area in the Alblasserwaard, the Netherlands. Each captured female was marked with a metal ring, aged a
Background: Complex communities of bacteria inhabit the feathers of all birds. Under normal conditions, individuals maintain a healthy state by defending themselves against these potential invaders by
A recently identified circovirus (family Circoviridae ) was detected in 14 zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ) from seven aviaries and hobbyist breeders using polymerase chain reaction fo
