Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today
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Scan day: 13 February 2014 UTC
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Description: Describes the viral infection that many species of birds are susceptible to.
Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease Today When I first started out in practice, I would see the saddest cases of cockatoos with weird feather loss, overgrown beak and claws and a myriad of infectious diseases. We called it Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease, as we knew that it was a syndrome causing many different problems, all related to the bird's defective immune system. Birds usually showed abnormal feathers, lack of powder down, overgrown beaks, often with abnormalities such as beak ulcers, and overgrown toenails. Many theories about the cause had been put forth, with no definitive cause determined. It would seem to pop up in long term captive breeders and pets, with no rhyme or reason. It seemed that no matter what we did, the bird would eventually succumb to a bacterial or fungal infection, often after a protracted illness.
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| Description: | Many species of bird in Australia, North America, Europe and Asia are susceptible and over 40 species of psittacine birds have been documented as having developed PBFD from PsCV-1. |
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