title: Advanced diagnostic approaches and current management of proventricular dilatation disease.
abstract: Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a fatal inflammatory disease that affects mainly, but not exclusively, psittacine birds (Order: Psittaciformes). PDD has long been suspected to be a viral disease, but its causative agent, a novel Bornavirus, was only identified in 2008.
authors.affiliation: The Exotic Clinic, 26 Ben Gurion Street, Herzliya 46785, Israel. ady@exoticdoc.co.il
authors.forename: Ady Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Gancz
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clubb
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Shivaprasad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011531:Proventriculus / Q000473:pathology*; D011563:Psittaciformes; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*