A severe nervous disease in fancy pigeons caused by paramyxovirus-1 in Saudi Arabia
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https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.9407Keywords
pigeons, Avian paramyxovirus, nervous system diseases, Experimental infection, Epidemiology, Saudi ArabiaAbstract
A severe nervous disease struck fancy pigeons for the first time in Saudi Arabia during February-March 1992. The morbidity rate was 60 % while the case fatality rate was 40 %. An avian paramyxovirus-1 was isolated from affected pigeons. The disease was reproduced experimentally in pigeons and the virus was reisolated and identified.
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1993-04-01
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Al Afaleq, A., Abu Elzein, E., Gameel, A., Awaad, M., & Hassanein, M. (1993). A severe nervous disease in fancy pigeons caused by paramyxovirus-1 in Saudi Arabia. Revue d’élevage Et De médecine vétérinaire Des Pays Tropicaux, 46(4), 545–547. https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.9407
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