Advancing Genetic Methods in the Study of Parrot Biology and Conservation by George Olah, Brian Tilston Smith, Leo Joseph, Samuel C. Banks, Robert Heinsohn

“…Parrots (Psittaciformes) are a well-studied, diverse group of birds distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. …”
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Interpretive analysis of the textual codes in the Parrot and Merchant story by Zohreh Najafi

“…Narrative cods contain interpretational form which used by authors and commentators of texts. In the story of parrot and merchant the textual cods are as follows:   - Parrot: in this story parrot is a symbolic code which shows all of human soul's features…”
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Brain Size Associated with Foot Preferences in Australian Parrots by Gisela Kaplan, Lesley J. Rogers

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Core and Shell Song Systems Unique to the Parrot Brain. by Mukta Chakraborty, Solveig Walløe, Signe Nedergaard, Emma E Fridel, Torben Dabelsteen, Bente Pakkenberg, Mads F Bertelsen, Gerry M Dorrestein, Steven E Brauth, Sarah E Durand, Erich D Jarvis

“…The ability to imitate complex sounds is rare, and among birds has been found only in parrots, songbirds, and hummingbirds. Parrots exhibit the most advanced vocal mimicry among non-human animals. …”
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Detection and identification of <it>Chlamydophila psittaci</it> in asymptomatic parrots in Poland by Piasecki Tomasz, Chrząstek Klaudia, Wieliczko Alina

“…<it>psittaci</it> in parrots in Poland.</p>…”
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Genome empowerment for the Puerto Rican parrot – <it>Amazona vittata</it> by O’Brien Stephen J

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The Nature of Parrot and Its Rhetorical Reflections in Persian Poetry by Fatemeh Mehri

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Penile Foreskin Avulsion from Parrot Fish Bite by Kobayashi, Sow, Sanford, Erica F., Witucki, Peter

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Birds of a Feather Video-Flock Together: Design and Evaluation of an Agency-Based Parrot-to-Parrot Video-Calling System for Interspecies Ethical Enrichment by Kleinberger, Rebecca, Cunha, Jennifer, Vemuri, Megha, Hirskyj-Douglas, Ilyena

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The Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavica), a new record for Colombia by Ahumada Jorge A., Vander der Wolf Peter A. J., Troncoso P. Francisco

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Hope for Resurrecting a Functionally Extinct Parrot or Squandered Social Capital? Landholder Attitudes Towards the Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Victoria, Australia by Michael A Weston, Kelly K Miller, Justin Lawson, Glenn C Ehmke

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Ribavirin Inhibits Parrot Bornavirus 4 Replication in Cell Culture. by Jeffrey M B Musser, J Jill Heatley, Anastasia V Koinis, Paulette F Suchodolski, Jianhua Guo, Paulina Escandon, Ian R Tizard

“…Parrot bornavirus 4 is an etiological agent of proventricular dilatation disease, a fatal neurologic and gastrointestinal disease of psittacines and other birds. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in Four Species of Parrots in China by Xiao-Xuan Zhang, Nian-Zhang Zhang, Dong-Hui Zhou, Wei-Peng Tian, Ying-Tian Xu and Xing-Quan Zhu

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Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism by Guillermo Blanco, Carolina Bravo, Erica C. Pacifico, Daniel Chamorro, Karina L. Speziale, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Fernando Hiraldo, José L. Tella

“…Despite the fact that parrots (Psitacifformes) are generalist apex frugivores, they have largely been considered plant antagonists and thus neglected as seed dispersers of their food plants. …”
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Mycobacteriosis of the red-lored amazon parrot: a case report by M. Kandefer-Gola, M. Lazarczyk, P. Kowalczyk, M. Nowak, R. Ciaputa, A. Drohobycka-Wawryka

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Plasma protein concentrations of the young and adult Amazona brasiliensis parrots by Schmidt Elizabeth Moreira Dos Santos, Serafini Patricia Pereira, Sipinski Elenise Angeloti, Paulillo Antonio Carlos

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Parrot: A Progressive Analysis System on Large Text Collections by Yazhong Zhang, Hanbing Zhang, Zhenying He, Yinan Jing, Kai Zhang, X. Sean Wang

“…We implemented this method in our system called Parrot on top of Apache Spark and used real-world data to test its performance. …”
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Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots by Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Dianne Brunton, Mark F. Stidworthy, Hany M. Elsheikha, Tom Pennycott, Christoph Schulze, Michael Braun, Michael Wink, Helga Gerlach, Helene Pendl, Achim D. Gruber, John Ewen, Javier Pérez-Tris, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Philipp Olias

“…All affected parrots are endemic to Australasia and South America. …”
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Genomic signatures of inbreeding in a critically endangered parrot, the kākāpō by Yasmin Foster, Ludovic Dutoit, Stefanie Grosser, Nicolas Dussex, Brodie J Foster, Ken G Dodds, Rudiger Brauning, Tracey Van Stijn, Fiona Robertson, John C McEwan, Jeanne M E Jacobs, Bruce C Robertson

“…Here, we investigate levels of inbreeding in a critically endangered flightless parrot, the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilusHGRMRoH…”
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Vertebral chondrosarcoma in a blue-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) by Guilherme Reis Blume, Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Mariana Portugal Mattioli, Letícia Batelli de Oliveira, Janildo Ludolf Reis Junior, Fabiano José Ferreira de Sant'Ana

“…This report describes the clinical and pathological findings of one case of chondrosarcoma in a blue-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva). Macroscopically a 3.6x3.5x1.8cm, nodular, ulcerated, and firm mass was identified in the dorsal synsacrum. …”
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