Production of avian polyomavirus seronegative budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) from seropositive adults.
Adult budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) with 2 years of breeding experience were removed from an aviary with enzootic avian polyomavirus (APV) disease and maintained in an isolation unit. Following a 7-month respite from breeding, these birds were allowed to breed without interruption for 2 years. Although the adults were seropositive both at the beginning and end of the experiment, all 102 of their offspring were seronegative. These data suggest that APV can be eliminated from a budgerigar aviary with the use of simple management techniques.
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Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843, USA.
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Graham
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D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010311:Parrots / Q000502:physiology / Q000821:virology*; D011120:Polyomavirus; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*