title: A severe nervous disease in fancy pigeons caused by paramyxovirus-1 in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Arabie Saoudite.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: al Afaleq
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Abu Elzein
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gameel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Awaad
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hassanein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus; D012529:Saudi Arabia