(n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.
Example Sentences:
(1) All detectable anatomical structures are identified and set into relationship to discernable structures in cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita), common buzzards (Buteo buteo) and mynah birds (Gracula religiosa).
(2) The cockatoos appear to represent an ancient lineage within the parrots.
(3) Adult filariae were found in the abdominal air sacs of two cockatoos and two red lories and identified as Cardiofilaria sp.
(4) To demonstrate that chicks from vaccinated hens are protected from PBFD virus challenge, 3 African grey parrot chicks and 2 umbrella cockatoo chicks from vaccinated hens and 1 African grey parrot chick and 1 umbrella cockatoo chick from nonvaccinated hens were exposed to purified PBFD virus.
(5) Polydipsia and polyuria developed in each species, but were greater and persisted longer in the cockatoos.
(6) Inoculations of partially purified homogenates of a cloacal papilloma from a yellow-crowned Amazon did not induce lesion formation on cloacal mucosa of an adult yellow-crowned Amazon, green and yellow macaw, sulphur-crested cockatoo, or mollucan cockatoo.
(7) Virus recovered from the feather dust and feces hemagglutinated cockatoo erythrocytes.
(8) The nature of feather inclusions was characterized in 32 psittacine birds (30 cockatoos, one peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis), and one red-lored Amazon parrot (Amazona autumnalis autumnalis] with naturally-acquired psittacine beak and feather disease.
(9) An adult, female sulfur-crested cockatoo (Kakatoe sp) was examined because of dyspnea associated with hemoptysis.
(10) Descending spinal pathways have been described in 'non-dextrous' avian species (chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons), and the purpose of this study was to determine if there are any differences in the origins of descending projections to the spinal cord in 'dextrous' or prehensile parrots (sulphur-crested cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, and eastern rosella, Platycerus eximius).
(11) The deaths of peafowls and a cockatoo were respectively traced to insecticide and lead toxicities.
(12) It is not far, as the cockatoo flies, from the Australian War Memorial.
(13) Thirty- to 45-day-old African grey parrot, umbrella cockatoo, and sulphur-crested cockatoo chicks also were vaccinated with the same inoculum.
(15) Psittacine neuropathic gastric dilatation was studied in four cockatoos (Cacatua spp.).
(16) An Umbrella cockatoo was referred with signs of neurologic dysfunction.
(17) A case of melioidosis in a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) kept as a pet in Townsville is described.
(18) Cockroaches that had ingested opossum feces and subsequently were fed to cockatoos induced an identical fatal illness.
(19) The cockatoo exhibited clinical signs that were milder than those associated with this syndrome, such as anorexia, muscle wasting, regurgitation, depression, and changes in fecal consistency.
(20) Cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in 4 cockatoos with psittacine beak and feather disease.
Galah
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Example Sentences:
(1) The transmural net flow of salt and water in the coprodeum and large intestine of the Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla), an Australian xerophilic parrot, was measured by an in vivo perfusion technique.
(2) The galah and kookaburra displayed a mammalian (non-villous) pattern of mucosal organization.
(3) Orally infected Culex annulirostris or intravenous injections were used to infect 10 Galahs, 15 Sulphur-crested cockatoos, 12 Corellas, 4 Black ducks and 10 wild mice with Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) virus.