Abstract

Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV) is a member of the genus Circovirus and causes the Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) in Psittaciformes. PBFD is a severe disease generally characterized by immunodeficiency and beak and feather disorders. Although Circovirus spp. have been detected in several non-psittacine specie, little is known about the symptoms and the disease associated to this infection in birds other than Psittaciformes. Nevertheless, PBFD has never been described in non-psittacine specie. In this study, we reported an outbreak of Circovirus infection in a flock of Gouldian finches where beak and feather disorders were observed. Sequence analyses on the rep gene of the virus highlighted a strong similarity at nucleotide and amino acid level with the corresponding regions of BFDV

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• Camarda Antonio , Circella Elena , Bozzo Giancarlo

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• CAMARDA A.;CIRCELLA E.;BOZZO G.

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2012

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