Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease in Lovebirds
Do you know Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) is resistant in adult Lovebirds? PBFD is a highly contagious viral infection in cockatoos. Some of the baby lovebirds will get affected with this disease. Asa lovebird owner you must take steps to protect the aviary and nursery from this dreadful airborne virus.
If you want to make your aviary free from PBFD, strict isolation techniques and screening of birds are highly solicited.
Most of the affected birds usually die within couple of days with anorexia and wasting disease.
Some species of lovebirds are really resistant to PBFD. But these lovebirds may have chronic infection.
These lovebirds will continuously shed the infection to the health young immature birds to make them suffer.
The PBFD virus is noticed in high numbers in infected birds and is noticed in the feather dust and other excretions. This will cause highly contagious nature of the disease and extensive environmental contamination. At this time, there is no vaccine or treatment to combat the Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease viral infection.
If you want to make your aviary free from PBFD, strict isolation techniques and screening of birds are highly solicited.
Most of the affected birds usually die within couple of days with anorexia and wasting disease.
Some species of lovebirds are really resistant to PBFD. But these lovebirds may have chronic infection.
These lovebirds will continuously shed the infection to the health young immature birds to make them suffer.
The PBFD virus is noticed in high numbers in infected birds and is noticed in the feather dust and other excretions. This will cause highly contagious nature of the disease and extensive environmental contamination. At this time, there is no vaccine or treatment to combat the Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease viral infection.
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