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Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 5, Page e2677-e2687, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) infects domestic and wild psittacine species and is able to cause progressive beak, claw and feather malformation and necrosis. In addition to having an impact on the health and welfare of domesticated birds, BFDV represents a significant threat to wild endangered species.
Giovanni Franzo +7 more
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A non-invasive method to assess environmental contamination with avian pathogens: beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) detection in nest boxes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Indirect transmission of pathogens can pose major risks to wildlife, yet the presence and persistence of wildlife pathogens in the environment has been little studied. Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) is of global conservation concern: it can infect
Johanne M. Martens +6 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 26, Issue 8, Page 1002-1013, August 2021., 2021 Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of Performance‐Based Financing (PBF) on effective coverage of child curative health services in primary healthcare facilities in Burkina Faso. Methods An impact evaluation of a PBF pilot programme, using an experiment nested within a quasi‐experimental design, was carried out in 12 intervention and 12 ...
Jean‐Louis Koulidiati +8 more
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Hygiene and biosecurity protocols reduce infection prevalence but do not improve fledging success in an endangered parrot. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) are recognised as global extinction drivers of threatened species. Unfortunately, biodiversity managers have few tested solutions to manage them when often the desperate need for solutions necessitates a response. Here
Fogell DJ +8 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 This paper pertains to the nesting aspects of Psittacula krameri with specific reference to nesting-related habitats, number of individuals encountered, inter-specific interactions, and abnormalities in 71 villages covering seven northern districts of ...
M. Pandian
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Psittacine beak and feather disease outbreak in captive rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) in the State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) affects Psittaciformes worldwide. In Brazil, PBFD is an emerging disease that has threatened exotic and native Psittaciformes in captivity; however, reports in the country are still scarce.
José Lucas C. Duarte +5 more
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Diagnosis of psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) viral infection, avian polyomavirus infection, adenovirus infection and herpesvirus infection in psittacine tissues using DNAin situhybridization [PDF]
Avian Pathology, 1994 The evaluation of the usefulness of DNA probes in a diagnostic setting to identify nuclear inclusions in selected viral infections (psittacine beak and feather disease viral infection, avian polyomavirus infection, adenovirus infection and Pacheco's parrot disease) is reported. A DNA in situ hybridization method was used to detect viral nucleic acid in
A, Ramis +5 more
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Detection of beak and feather disease virus DNA in embryonated eggs of psittacine birds
Veterinární Medicína, 2008 Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a common viral disease of psittacine birds. The causative agent, beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) is a small circular single-stranded DNA virus belonging to the genus Circovirus.
M. Rahaus +5 more
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Fatal dual infection of avian polyomavirus and psittacine beak and feather disease virus in Chile
Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2017 A 6 week old Plum-headed parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala) from a private bird collection in the Metropolitan Region of Chile died after presenting depression, ataxia, tremors of the head, subcutaneous hemorrhage and delayed crop emptying.
Gisela A. González-Hein +2 more
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