Beak and feather disease virus infection in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Avian Pathology : Journal of the W.V.P.A
Patrick ShearerShane Raidal

Abstract

Psittacine beak and feather disease is known to occur in a wide range of psittacine species; however, there are no scientific or credible anecdotal reports of psittacine beak and feather disease occurring in the cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) despite it being one of the world's most commonly kept companion bird species. Consequently, this has resulted in speculation that the species may have some innate resistance to beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) infection. To investigate this hypothesis we conducted a survey of cockatiels (n=88) at commercial aviaries to investigate whether BFDV infection occurs in cockatiels, and found that all birds were virus-free by polymerase chain reaction and haemagglutination assay and had no detectable antibody titre by haemagglutination-inhibition assay. In addition to this, we sequenced the genome of two BFDV isolates obtained from diseased cockatiel feathers and performed cross-reactivity assays using virus eluted from these feathers and sera from naturally immune psittacine birds. Serological cross-reactivity results and phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences indicated that the cockatiel virus isolates were serologically and genetically different to other BFDV isolates. This ...Continue Reading

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Citations

Dec 26, 2009·The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science·Hiroshi KatohHideto Fukushi
Jan 16, 2016·Australian Veterinary Journal·S SarkerS R Raidal
May 12, 2009·Journal of Virological Methods·Patrick L ShearerShane R Raidal
Dec 24, 2010·The Journal of General Virology·Arvind VarsaniEdward P Rybicki
Aug 29, 2018·Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology·Deborah J FogellJim J Groombridge
Aug 15, 2019·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·Gen LiZiqiang Cheng
Oct 21, 2017·Archives of Virology·Chia-Fang HoChi-Young Wang

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