Newcastle Disease in Parrots and Budgerigars

摘要

The first indication of the susceptibility of the order of psittacines (parrots and parakeets) to the virus of Newcastle disease (ND) is found in the work of Farinas (1930). The infectious occurrence of ND in parrot-quarantine stations in Europe, South America and South East Asia since 1970 and the high losses associated with it, as well as the risk of a possible introduction of the infection in other animal stocks, have motivated dealing closely with the disease in parakeets.