Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Advanced diagnostic approaches and current management of proventricular dilatation disease.
- Journal:
- The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice
- Year:
- 2010
- Authors:
- Gancz, Ady Y et al.
- Affiliation:
- The Exotic Clinic
- Species:
- bird
Abstract
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a fatal inflammatory disease that affects mainly, but not exclusively, psittacine birds (Order: Psittaciformes). PDD has long been suspected to be a viral disease, but its causative agent, a novel Bornavirus, was only identified in 2008.
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