"Columbidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.
| Descriptor ID |
D010856
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.165.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Columba livia- Columba livia
- Rock Doves
- Dove, Rock
- Doves, Rock
- Rock Dove
- Feral Pigeons
- Feral Pigeon
- Pigeon, Feral
- Pigeons, Feral
- Domestic Pigeons
- Domestic Pigeon
- Pigeon, Domestic
- Pigeons, Domestic
- Rock Pigeons
- Pigeon, Rock
- Pigeons, Rock
- Rock Pigeon
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Columbidae" by people in Profiles.
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Poxvirus Infection in a Colony of Laboratory Pigeons (Columba livia). Comp Med. 2019 05 01; 69(3):179-183.
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Genomic diversity and evolution of the head crest in the rock pigeon. Science. 2013 Mar 01; 339(6123):1063-7.
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Neural correlates of a magnetic sense. Science. 2012 May 25; 336(6084):1054-7.
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Morphology and innervation of the vestibular lagena in pigeons. Neuroscience. 2012 May 03; 209:97-107.
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Mortality associated with fenbendazole administration in pigeons (Columba livia). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2006 Nov; 45(6):63-6.
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Collision-avoidance: nature's many solutions. Nat Neurosci. 1998 Aug; 1(4):261-3.
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Alternative pathways for the selection of antigen-specific peripheral T cells. Nature. 1996 Nov 21; 384(6606):263-6.
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Behavioural effects of ablations of the presumed 'prefrontal cortex' or the corticoid in pigeons. Behav Brain Res. 1996 Aug; 78(2):155-62.
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Pigeon metallothionein consists of two species. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1990 Feb 09; 1037(2):248-55.
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[Pulmonary miliaria in children caused by pigeon fancier's lung disease]. Arch Fr Pediatr. 1971 Jan; 28(1):95-107.