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Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), also known as turkey rhinotracheitis or swollen head syndrome, [2] causes a variety of disease syndromes in birds, depending on the bird species and virus type (A, B, C or D). [3] First detected in 1978 in South Africa, the virus has spread all over the world except Australia. [4]
Pacheco's disease most commonly occurs in Amazon parrots, followed by African grey parrots, parrots, macaws, cockatoos and conures. [4] Due to a very high mortality rate within these susceptible species, concerns are brought to companion bird markets and breeders. [5] [6] The main sign of Pacheco's disease is a sudden and rapid death of birds.
Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It can cause shortness of breath , fever , dry cough , chest pain , anorexia and weight loss , fatigue , and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).
There are also several types of H5N1 bird flu, and they can cause different levels of disease, says Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins ...
The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Within days, the Amarillo ...
It attacks the feather follicles and the beak and claw matrices of the bird, causing progressive feather, claw and beak malformation and necrosis. In later stages of the disease, feather shaft constriction occurs, hampering development until eventually all feather growth stops. It occurs in an acutely fatal form and a chronic form.
Malherbe's parakeet is a small parrot endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the orange-fronted parakeet (Māori: kākāriki karaka) or orange-fronted kākāriki.In the rest of the world it is called Malherbe's parakeet, as when it was recognised as a species, the name "orange-fronted parakeet" was already used for Eupsittula canicularis, a Central American species. [4]
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza or H5N1 virus, refers to the disease caused by infection with Type A viruses. This virus spreads among wild aquatic birds and can infect domestic poultry ...