Avian influenza in parrots
Other names: Avian influenza، H5N1
Symptoms
- Sudden death
- Respiratory and neurological signs
- Severe lethargy
How it spreads
Infected wild birds and poultry, utensils, clothes; H5N1 influenza has been endemic in Egyptian poultry.
Diagnosis
PCR in state laboratories; a notifiable disease.
Treatment
No treatment; government measures (isolation/culling) per the law.
Prevention
Strict biosecurity, preventing contact with poultry and wild birds, netting that keeps wild sparrows out of aviaries.
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD)
- Polyomavirus
- Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) / bornavirus
- Pacheco's disease (psittacid herpesvirus)
- Internal papillomatosis
- Avian pox
- Newcastle disease (bird paralysis)
- West Nile virus