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30 September 2021 Survey of Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) in Guatemalan Neotropical Psittacine Birds
Alejandro Morales, Ximena Sibrián, Flor Dinorah Porras
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Abstract

Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV), a circovirus, is the etiologic agent of psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), a progressive and often fatal disease in Psittaciformes. Even though neotropical psittacine species are more resistant to clinical infection than Old World species, BFDV is recognized as a threat to immunologically naïve wild psittacine flocks and its epidemiologic control is paramount for conservation efforts in Neotropical species. Samples were collected from multiple psittacine species, including Ara species, Amazona species, and the white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis) from the only rescue center in Guatemala with formal psittacine rehabilitation and reintroduction programs. A total of 117 birds, with 101 adults and 16 juveniles of unknown sex, were tested for BFDV by means of a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. The BFDV prevalence found in this study was 0%, (95% confidence interval, 0%–6.0%). Seven 2–8-year-old scarlet macaws (Ara macao cyanoptera) with positive results from previous surveys by conventional PCR yielded negative results in this study, suggesting complete infection resolution.

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Alejandro Morales, Ximena Sibrián, and Flor Dinorah Porras "Survey of Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) in Guatemalan Neotropical Psittacine Birds," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 35(3), 325-332, (30 September 2021). https://doi.org/10.1647/20-00042
Published: 30 September 2021
KEYWORDS
Amazona species
Ara species
Avian
beak and feather disease virus
BFDV
BFDV screening
conservation
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