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Pacheco's disease is a highly infectious and acute bird disease caused by a species of herpesvirus, Psittacid alphaherpesvirus 1 (PsHV-1). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All psittacine species are susceptible to Pacheco's disease, mainly those in zoological collections and aviaries in any geographic regions. [ 1 ]
Birds, galliform birds, psittacine birds, chickens, turkeys, and quail serve as natural hosts. There are only two species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: acute respiratory diseases: gaHV-1: infectious laryngotracheitis; psHV-1: Pacheco's disease. [1] [2]
Psittacosis—also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis—is a zoonotic infectious disease in humans caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci and contracted from infected parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels, and budgerigars, and from pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of birds.
Pages in category "Bird diseases" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. ... Pacheco's disease; Pansteatitis; Passerivirus; Pasteurellosis;
The same patient was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week, suggesting bird flu could potentially spread from ...
Disease in ruminants. Bovine ephemeral fever - Rhabdovirus. Bovine papillomavirus - Disease in cattle and horses. Bovine virus diarrhea - Pestivirus. Stub. Chicken anaemia virus - Circovirus. AKA Blue wing disease, Anemia dermatitis syndrome, Hemorrhagic aplastic anemia syndrome. Substub. Classical swine fever - Pestivirus. AKA hog cholera.
The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico's health ministry said on Friday. Earlier this week, the World Health ...