Sentence examples for birds may act from inspiring English sources

Domestic birds may act as a source of viruses and thus contribute to sporadic long-distance spread of this virus, through infection of wild birds and subsequent migratory movements.

It is plausible that wild birds may act as a reservoir of infection for poultry or vice versa.

Jordan et al. 2004 [ 80] suggest that ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) in the pectoralis muscle in birds may act to suppress slow muscle specific genes.

However, infected, symptomatic wild birds may act as vectors over shorter distances, as appears to have occurred in Europe in early 2006.

Interestingly, some avian influenza isolates from domestic and wild birds, particularly H5N1 strains, carry lysine 627 in PB2, which implies that such change is tolerated among some bird species and/or that some bird species may act as a bridge in the generation of strains that can replicate more efficiently in mammals.

Wild birds may also act as reservoirs for diseases that adversely affect domesticated birds.

Some species of Borrelia cause Lyme disease, and ground-feeding birds like the song thrush may act as a reservoir for the disease.

That raises concerns that birds which have survived the disease may act as a reservoir and that if migratory wildfowl caught it, they could carry it out of South-East Asia.The British government, meanwhile, announced it would stockpile 2m doses of a vaccine against the strain of bird flu currently in circulation.

This may act as a warning to birds not to fly into it or possibly as a lure for pollinating insects, which are drawn to the ultra-violet light that the stabilimentum reflects.

Premises sending birds to multiple slaughterhouses or housing multiple species may act as a bridge between otherwise separate sectors of the industry, resulting in the potential for large epidemics.

Swifts and other birds, such insectivorous mammals as bats, reptiles, frogs, and other insects may act as beetle predators.