The psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a globally widespread infectious bird disease that mainly affects species within the Order Psittaciformes (parrots and allies). The disease is caused by an avian circovirus (the beak and feather disease virus, BFDV), which is highly infectious and...
Author(s)
Morinha, F.; Carrete, M.; Tella, J. L.; Blanco, G.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Diversity, 2020, 12, 5,
Birds of the order Psittaciformes are among the most threatened birds in Brazil. Of the 86 species recorded, 24 (27.9%) are in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Amazon parrots have a highlight for being among the most trafficked birds, especially the blue-fronted Amazon ...
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Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, São Paulo, Brazil
Citation
Pesquisa e caracterização molecular de patógenos em filhotes de papagaios Amazona sp. de vida livre e recém apreendidos do tráfico, 2020, pp 114 pp.
The aim of this study was to document the detection rate of the beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) and avian polyomavirus (APV) across clinically healthy captive parrots in the Czech Republic. The presence of the BFDV and APV was tested using a nested polymerase chain rection (PCR) in 177 ...
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Valastanova, M.; Petrikova, M.; Kulikova, L.; Knotek, Z.
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Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Citation
Veterinární Medicína, 2021, 66, 2, pp 72-75
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is one of the most important viral diseases affecting parrot species worldwide. Outbreaks of PBFD have been reported in wild endemic and endangered South African Cape Parrots (Poicephalus robustus), most recently in 2008. A previous study of wild Cape ...
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Buyse, M. L. R.; Zyl, A. R. van; Wimberger, K.; Boyes, R. S.; Carstens, J. C.; Rybicki, E. P.; Hitzeroth, I. I.
Publisher
Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2022, 58, 4, pp 882-886
The commercial farming and trading of parrots and ornamental birds as companion animals are important economic activities in many countries. Some of the bird species farmed/traded are captured from the wild or are closely related to wild birds and therefore represent a risk of pathogen...
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Molini, U.; Villiers, M. de; Villiers, L. de; Coetzee, L. M.; Hoebes, E.; Khaiseb, S.; Cattoli, G.; Dundon, W. G.; Franzo, G.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Acta Tropica, 2023, 238,
The beak and feather disease virus (family Circovirdae) is a virus of concern in the conservation of wild Psittaciformes globally. We conducted a PCR screening for the beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) using samples collected during previous field studies (1993-2014) in five populations of ...
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Ortiz-Catedral, L.; Wallace, C. J.; Heinsohn, R.; Krebs, E. A.; Langmore, N. E.; Vukelic, D.; Bucher, E. H.; Varsani, A.; Masello, J. F.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Diversity, 2022, 14, 2,
South America presents the greatest Psittacidae diversity in the world, but also has the highest numbers of threatened parrot species. Recently, exotic viruses have been detected in captive native psittacine birds in Brazil, however, their impacts on the health of wild parrots are still unknown. We ...
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Vaz, F. F.; Sipinski, E. A. B.; Seixas, G. H. F.; Prestes, N. P.; Martinez, J.; Raso, T. F.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Diversity, 2021, 13, 6,
There are several viral diseases in captive birds. Aves polyomavirus 1 (APyV) and beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) are among the most important in Psittaciformes. The occurrence of these agents has been widely described in various parts of the world; however, little is known about these...
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Philadelpho, N. A.; Chacón, R. D.; Forero, A. J. D.; Guimarães, M. B.; Astolfi-Ferreira, C. S.; Ferreira, A. J. P.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland
Citation
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2022, 53, 3, pp 1665-1673
The mosquito-borne flavivirus Usutu virus (USUV) is responsible for countless deaths in both resident populations and birds kept in outdoor aviaries. Since 2001, USUV outbreaks have attracted increased attention due to the rapid geographical spread of the virus and its close relationship to West...
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Schmidt, V.; Cramer, K.; Böttcher, D.; Heenemann, K.; Rückner, A.; Harzer, M.; Ziegler, U.; Vahlenkamp, T.; Sieg, M.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Avian Pathology, 2021, 50, 5, pp 427-435
This study sought to clone and sequence the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) gene of the Fischer's lovebird parrot (Agapornis fischeri). Raw264.7 cells treated with the expressed IFN-γ protein exhibited an upregulation in inducible nitric oxide synthase protein expression and nitric oxide (NO) production...
Author(s)
Chen, J. K.; Hsiao ChiaoLong; Yang PaoYu; Periyasamy, T.; Wang ChiYoung
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Virus Research, 2022, 308,