Flashcards: Bird diseases

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).

Histoplasmosis (also known as "Cave disease," "Darling's disease," "Ohio valley disease," "reticuloendotheliosis," "spelunker’s lung" and "caver's disease") is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.

Psittacosis — also known as parrot fever, and ornithosis — is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Chlamydophila psittaci and contracted from infected parrots, such as macaws, cockatiels and budgerigars, and pigeons, sparrows, ducks, hens, gulls and many other species of bird.

Avian malaria is a parasitic disease of birds.

Turkey coronaviruses are members of the family Coronaviridae that infect turkeys, especially poults, leading to gastrointestinal disease.

The aetiological agent of turkey viral hepatitis is a virus from the Picornaviridae family.

Avian sarcoma leukosis virus (ASLV) is an endogenous retrovirus that infects and can lead to cancer in chickens; experimentally it can infect other species of birds and mammals.

Falcon adenovirus A is an avian adenovirus capable of infecting birds of the genus Falco, commonly called falcons.

The bacteria M. synoviae is a member of the mycoplasma genus.

Also known as: Mycoplasma air sacculitis − Mycoplasma infectious stunting − Mycoplasmosis

The Western equine encephalomyelitis virus is the causative agent of relatively uncommon viral disease Western equine encephalomyelitis (WEE).

Avian metapneumovirus (also known as Turkey Rhinotracheitis Virus − Swollen Head Syndrome) is a virus which infects primarily turkeys and, to a lesser extent, chickens.

In 2008, by pyrosequencing of cDNA from the brains of several parrots suffering from proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), Honkavouri et al.

Avipoxvirus is a member of the Poxviridae family.

Bulbul coronavirus HKU11 is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA deltacoronavirus of avian origin found in Chinese bulbuls.

Gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV-1) (also known as Avian herpesvirus 1) is a virus of the family Herpesviridae that causes avian infectious laryngotracheitis.

Tremovirus, also known epidemic tremor, is a virus genus belonging to the Picornaviridae family.

Pigeon pox is a viral disease to which pigeons are susceptible.

Aviadenoviruses are adenoviruses that affect birds - particularly chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pheasants.

Passerivirus is a genus of viruses in the order Picornavirales, in the family Picornaviridae.

Aveparvovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Parvoviridae, in the subfamily Parvovirinae.

Canarypox virus (CNPV) is an Avipoxvirus and etiologic agent of canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds that can cause significant losses.

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), commonly called Triple E or, sleeping sickness (not to be confused with Trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic alphavirus and arbovirus present in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Newcastle disease is a contagious bird disease affecting many domestic and wild avian species; it is transmissible to humans.