Disease screening of three breeding populations of adult exhibition budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) in New Zealand reveals a high prevalence of a novel polyomavirus and avian malaria infection.

Baron, Hamish R

Disease screening of three breeding populations of adult exhibition budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) in New Zealand reveals a high prevalence of a novel polyomavirus and avian malaria infection. [electronic resource] - Avian diseases Mar 2014 - 111-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0005-2086

10.1637/10604-063013-REG.1 doi


Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bird Diseases--blood
Circoviridae Infections--epidemiology
Circovirus--genetics
Coinfection--epidemiology
Feathers--pathology
Malaria, Avian--blood
Melopsittacus
New Zealand--epidemiology
Plasmodium--classification
Polyomavirus--genetics
Polyomavirus Infections--blood
Prevalence
Species Specificity
Viral Proteins--chemistry