Avian bornavirus and proventricular dilatation disease: diagnostics, pathology, prevalence, and control. Academic Article

abstract

• Avian bornavirus (ABV) has been shown the cause of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) in psittacines. Many healthy birds are infected with ABV, and the development of PDD in such cases is unpredictable. As a result, the detection of ABV in a sick bird is not confirmation that it is suffering from PDD. Treatment studies are in their infancy. ABV is not restricted to psittacines. It has been found to cause PDD-like disease in canaries. It is also present at a high prevalence in North American geese, swans, and ducks. It is not believed that these waterfowl genotypes can cause disease in psittacines.

authors

• Tizard, Ian

published proceedings

• Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Hoppes, S. M., Tizard, I., & Shivaprasad, H. L.

citation count

• 37

complete list of authors

• Hoppes, Sharman M||Tizard, Ian||Shivaprasad, HL

publication date

• May 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Wild
• Bird Diseases
• Bornaviridae
• Dilatation
• Ducks
• Mononegavirales Infections
• Prevalence
• Proventriculus
• Psittaciformes
• Species Specificity
• Stomach Diseases

PubMed Central ID

• 23642866

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cvex.2013.01.004

start page

• 339

end page

• 355

volume

• 16

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2013.01.004