Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) egg is hatched by a domestic hen

Vertebral Formula in Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) and Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)

Red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) are distributed separately in the east Eurasian Continent (continental population) and in Hokkaido, Japan (island population). The island population is sedentary in eastern Hokkaido and has increased from a very small number of cranes to over 1,300, thus giving rise to the problem of poor genetic diversity. While, Hooded cranes (Grus monacha), which migrate ...

Cranes of the World: Eurasian Crane (Grus grus)

Avian tuberculosis and salmonellosis in a whooping crane (Grus americana).

be devoted to a more detailed analysis of additional serum samples from these and other wolf populations in the state. This study was supported by the U.S.D.I. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Mardag Foundation, the U.S.D.A. North Central Forest Experiment Station, the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center. The cooperation of field ...

Whooping crane recruitment enhanced by egg removal

To facilitate recovery through captive breeding and foster-parenting programs of the endangered whooping crane, one of two eggs was removed from 62% of nests in Wood Buffalo National Park during 1967–1996. Egg removals were justified because cranes usually rear a single chick; the other dies to siblicide or predation. Concerns exist that the wild population might have recovered even faster if n...

Cranes of the World: Whooping Crane (Grus americana)