Scientific and Medical Finch Articles
The following list represents only a fraction of the scientific and medical articles available which involve finches and other passerines. More article abstracts may be obtained through a keyword search at PubMed
. The Australian Veterinary Journal also provides many of its archived articles to the public for free.2 Passerine Case Studies by the Association of Avian Veterinarians
Common Diseases of Pet Birds by the Association of Avian Veterinarians
Abstact: Health Survey of House Finches
Abstact: Molt, Plumage Abrasion, and Color Change in Lawrence's Goldfinch
Abstact: Unusual Sperm Morphology in the Eurasian Bullfinch
Abstact: Evolution of Passerine Incubation Behavior
Abstact: Environmental Influences on the Evolution of Growth and Developmental Rates in Passerines
Abstact: Song preferences by females: male song complexity and gene expression in the female brain
Abstact: Melanin-based Black Plumage Coloration is Related to Reproductive Investment in Cardueline Finches
Abstact: Dietary Specialization on High Protein Seeds by Adult and Nestling Serins
Abstact: Paternal Genetic Effects on Offspring Fitness are Context Dependent within the Extrapair Mating System of a Socially Monogamous Passerine
Abstact: Yolk androgens and embryo sex: Maternal effects or confounding factors?
Abstact: Transgenerational effects on body size caused by early developmental stress in zebra finches
Abstact: * Social and sexual behaviours aid transmission of bacteria in birds
Abstact: * Outbreak of herpesviral conjunctivitis and respiratory disease in gouldian finches
Abstact: Migratory songbirds disperse ticks across Canada, and first isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus
Abstact: * Do carotenoid-based sexual traits signal the availability of non-pigmentary antioxidants?
Abstract: Early condition, song learning, and the volume of song brain nuclei in the zebra finch
Abstract: Effects of testosterone and corticosterone on immunocompetence in the zebra finch
Abstract: Behavioural responses to video playbacks by zebra finch males
Abstract: Dark nests and egg colour in birds: a possible functional role of ultraviolet reflectance in egg detectability
Abstract: Avian circoviruses of the genus Circovirus: A potential trigger in Pigeon breeder's lung (PBL)/Bird fancier's lung (BFL)
Abstract: * Tests of absolute photorefractoriness in four species of cardueline finch that differ in reproductive schedule
Abstract: Sex-biased maternal effects reduce ectoparasite-induced mortality in a passerine bird
Abstract: An outbreak of mycobacteriosis in Gouldian finches caused by Mycobacterium peregrinum
Abstract: Microsporidiosis in a flock of tricolor parrot finches (Erythrura tricolor)
Abstract: * Periodic cooling of bird eggs reduces embryonic growth efficiency
Abstract: Sex steroids modulate changes in social and sexual preference during juvenile development in zebra finches
Abstract: Circovirus inclusion bodies in intestinal muscle cells of a canary
Abstract: How female reed buntings benefit from extra-pair mating behaviour: testing hypotheses through patterns of paternity in sequential broods
Abstract: Maternal developmental stress reduces reproductive success of female offspring in zebra finches
Abstract: An eye for detail: selective sexual imprinting in zebra finches
Abstract: Maternal effects due to male attractiveness affect offspring development in the zebra finch
Abstract: Isolation of different serovars of Salmonella enterica from wild birds in Great Britain between 1995 and 2003
Abstract: Sexual imprinting can induce sexual preferences for exaggerated parental traits
Abstract: Sex steroid dependence of carotenoid-based coloration in female zebra finches
Abstract: * Genetic covariance between indices of body condition and immunocompetence in a passerine bird
Abstract: * A novel lipoprotein-mediated mechanism controlling sexual attractiveness in a colorful songbird
Abstract: Corticosterone inhibits feather growth: potential mechanism explaining seasonal down regulation of corticosterone during molt
Abstract: Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird
Abstract: Socially transmitted mate preferences in a monogamous bird: a non-genetic mechanism of sexual selection
Abstract: Adult female and male zebra finches show distinct patterns of spine deficits in an auditory area and in the song system when reared without exposure to normal adult song
Abstract: Inhibitors of carbohydrate metabolism reduce undirected song production at doses that do not alter food intake in singly housed male zebra finches
Abstract: * A retrospective description of a highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus in a free-living siskin and its accidental transmission to yellow canaries
Abstract: * Playback of colony sound alters the breeding schedule and clutch size in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) colonies
Abstract: Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch
Abstract: * Diet quality and resource allocation in the zebra finch
Abstract: * Circovirus infection in a Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Abstract: The combined effect of lead exposure and high or low dietary calcium on health and immunocompetence in the zebra finch