Cairina moschata


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Noun1.Cairina moschata - large crested wild duck of Central America and South AmericaCairina moschata - large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Cairina, genus Cairina - a genus of Anatidae
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(52) In Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata), basophil numbers are higher in female ducks than in males; however, studies in other duck species have failed to find this difference.
In 2010 in Australia, an orthomyxovirus with genetic and antigenic properties similar to WFBV (designated as Cygnet River virus [CyRV]) was isolated during an outbreak of salmonellosis (Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium) in Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia (10).
Dendrocygna autumnalis was preferentially concentrated in the rivers and salines while Cairina moschata was frequently distributed in the bays.
Nucleotides of central Javanese duck D-loop mtDNA aligned with the another Anas in the world that is Anas zonorhyncha (AY506969.1), Anas acuta (HM063478.1), Anas platyrhynchos (KJ833587.1), and Cairina moschata (GQ922096.1) as out of the group.
ZYMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF METALLOPROTEASE AND CATHEPSIN IN STEATOTIC LIVER FROM MUSCOVY DUCK (Cairina moschata)
En contextos mas tardios, como los de Esquina de Huajra y Falda de Tilcara, craneos de pato criollo (Cairina moschata) y pavita de monte (Meleagris ocellata) aparecen tambien como ajuares en tumbas (Bordach 2006; Scaro y Cremonte 2012).
The mule ducks are sterile intergeneric hybrids which are produced by crossing Pekin or Kaiya (crossbred Pekin* White Tsaiya) female ducks with Muscovy drakes (Cairina moschata).
Polymorphism in intron-1 of ApoVLDL-II gene and its association with production traits and biochemical levels in White Muscovy (Cairina moschata).
Fatty Acid Profiles and Lipid Peroxidation of Microsomes and Mitochondria from Liver, Heart, and Brain of Cairina moschata. Studies were done to analyze the fatty acid composition and sensitivity to lipid peroxidation (LP) of mitochondria and microsomes from duck liver, heart, and brain.
Sun et al., "Pharmacokinetics of marbofloxacin in Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata)" Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol.