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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]
Occurrence of vent pecking is primarily immediately after a bird has oviposited when the cloaca is red and enlarged. [12] Vent pecking, like feather pecking, is a gateway behaviour to cannibalism due to its cannibalistic features of hostility towards another individual that involves the aggressive tearing and damaging of the skin and tissue.
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).
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.
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 ...
Psittacine beak and feather disease was first described in the early 1980s and has become recognised as the dominant viral pathogen of psittacine birds worldwide. In wild red-rumped grass parakeets (Psephotus haematonotus), a case of feather loss syndrome that was highly suggestive of PBFD was first recorded in South Australia in 1907. [2]
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 ...
A backyard bird feeder "is the classic example," he said. Osterholm said he doesn't know if the patient has a feeder or was exposed to one, but "that's the kind of exposure that would not be ...