Development of novel diagnostic and vaccine options for beak and feather disease virus (BFDV)
, 2009 Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) is a circovirus which causes ill-thrift, feather loss and immunosuppression leading to secondary infections and eventually death in psittacine birds.
Shearer, Patrick Leslie
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Hepatic lipidosis in psittacine birds—a review
Academia BiologyFatty liver or hepatic lipidosis is a mild, progressive metabolic disorder in several domestic animal species and various bird species in which the lipid is accumulated in the hepatocytes.
Dražen Đuričić +2 more
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Serogroups and virulence genes of Escherichia coli isolated from psittacine birds
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2011 Escherichia coli isolates from 24 sick psittacine birds were serogrouped and investigated for the presence of genes encoding the following virulence factors: attaching and effacing (eae), enteropathogenic E.
Terezinha Knöbl +7 more
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Molecular Survey of Chlamydial Infections in Three Public Bird Collections in Tehran, Iran
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2025.One hundred and eight samples from different avian species were collected and tested for Chlamydia spp. infection using PCR. Thirty‐seven samples from Psittaciformes, Columbiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes and Charadriiformes were positive for Chlamydia DNA.
Seyed Mohamad Mahdi Hashemian +2 more
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Prevalence of and risk factors associated with atherosclerosis in psittacine birds
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of clinically relevant atherosclerotic lesions in birds and identify epidemiological variables and illness types associated with development of atherosclerosis. DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study.
Reavill, Drury R +7 more
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Dilated cardiomyopathy in a green-winged saltator (Saltator similis)
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary PathologyCardiovascular diseases are rarely reported in birds. Among pet birds, they are most documented in psittacine birds. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a myocardial disease frequently found in poultry but with few reports in both pet and wild birds.
José Lucas Costa Duarte +5 more
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Zoonotic atypical pneumonia due to Chlamydophila psittaci: First reported psittacosis case in Taiwan
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013 Human psittacosis caused by Chlamydophila psittaci is one of the most common zoonotic atypical pneumonias featuring pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary infections. Most of the cases involve avian contact history especially with psittacine birds.
Yu-Jen Cheng +5 more
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Prevalence of Taxa of Pasteurellaceae Among Populations of Healthy Captive Psittacine Birds
, 2017 Sixty-two strains of Pasteurellaceae-like bacteria were isolated from the tracheas of 87 clinically healthy psittacine birds in two Danish zoos. The isolates were identified by a combination of rpoB and 16S rRNA gene sequencing and by matrix-assisted ...
Bojesen, A. M. +9 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: The role of Escherichia coli in healthy microbiota of psittacine is controversial, and the presence of Salmonella sp. indicates possible disease. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp.
Raul A.S. Siqueira +7 more
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Fatty liver syndrome in captive bustards: Clinical, pathological and epidemiological findings
, 1997 Clinical, pathological, and epidemiological findings are presented on fatty liver syndrome mainly in houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii), but also in some other bustard species.
Nicholls, P.K. +2 more
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