NEWCASTLE DISEASE AND COCCIDIOSIS IN PIGEONS

In pigeon Newcastle disease is caused by pigeon paramyxovirus type-1 (PPMV-1) which is a variant of avian paramyxovirus-1 (APMV-1) and characterized on the basis of monoclonal antibody-binding profiles. PPMV-1 in pigeons produces digestive and nervous disturbance and mortality and morbidity reaches up to 40 and 70 %, respectively. Submucosal to echymotic haemorrhages in proventriculus and intestine, tracheaitis, nephritis and encephalitis were observed in pigeons died PPMV-1 infection. The second most important disease found in pigeons, is coccidiosis which is well known among pigeon farmers with the common name of KHUNI PACHISH . Coccidiosis causes severe blood mixed diarrhea and enteritis . In coccidial infection, the immune system of bird becomes depressed and are more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections.

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Muhammad Mohsan ha realizado su M.Sc. (Hons.) Vet. Pathology de la Universidad de Agricultura de Faisalabad en 2006. Muhammad Arif e Imtiaz Hussain son profesores de Ciencias Animales en la Facultad de Agricultura de la Universidad de Sargodha, Pakistán.