Hoppes S, Gray PL, Payne S, Shivaprasad HL, Tizard I. The isolation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, transmission, and control of avian bornavirus and proventricular dilatation disease.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 2010;
13:495-508. [PMID:
20682432 PMCID:
PMC7110554 DOI:
10.1016/j.cvex.2010.05.014]
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Abstract
Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is a common infectious neurologic disease of birds comprising a dilatation of the proventriculus by ingested food as a result of defects in intestinal motility, which affects more than 50 species of psittacines, and is also known as Macaw wasting disease, neuropathic ganglioneuritis, or lymphoplasmacytic ganglioneuritis. Definitive diagnosis of PDD has been problematic due to the inconsistent distribution of lesions. Since its discovery, avian bornavirus (ABV) has been successfully cultured from the brains of psittacines diagnosed with PDD, providing a source of antigen for serologic assays and nucleic acid for molecular assays. This article provides evidence that ABV is the etiologic agent of PDD. Recent findings on the transmission, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and control of ABV infection and PDD are also reviewed.
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