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Seroprevalence of psittacine beak and feather disease in wild psittacine birds in New South Wales
Author(s) -
RAIDAL SR,
McELNEA CL,
CROSS GM
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1993.tb06105.x
Subject(s) - beak , feather , seroprevalence , biology , psittaciformes , zoology , virology , veterinary medicine , medicine , antibody , genetics , serology
SUMMARY A haemagglutination inhibition assay was used to detect antibody to psittacine beak and feather disease virus in sera from wild sulphur crested cockatoos ( Cacatua galerita ), galahs ( Eolophus roseicapillus ), short‐billed corellas ( Cacatua sanguinea ), eastern long‐billed corellas ( Cacatua tenuirostris ) and other psittacine birds in New South Wales. The seroprevalence of psittacine beak and feather disease ranged from 41% to 94% in different flocks, indicating infection with the virus is widespread in wild populations.