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KMID : 1023520140370010079
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2014 Volume.37 No. 1 p.79 ~ p.84
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First detection of avian bornavirus by RT-PCR in proventricular dilatation disease-suspected Hahns Macaw (Ara nobilis nobilis) in Korea
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Kim Jin-Hyun
Lee Bu-Heung
Cho Jae-Keun
Yoon Won-Koung
Kim Won
Kim Eun-Mi
Kim Hee-Jung
Kim Ki-Seuk
Park Choi-Kyu
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Abstract
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Two Hahns Macaws (Ara nobilis nobilis), three and nine-month-old, with a three-weeks history of weight loss and anorexia were diagnosed presumptively with proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) by radiographic examination. The birds were treated with antimicrobials, analgesics, and fluid administration.However, these birds died three weeks after the first signs of PDD. At necropsy, the birds had severely dilated proventriculus, severe pectoral muscles atrophy, and blood vessels congestion on cortex of cerebrum. The partial matrix gene of avian bornavirus (ABV) was detected by RT-PCR from tissues of the brain, feather calami, and proventiculus of each PDD-suspected birds. This report describes the first detection of ABV in PDD-suspected Hahns Macaw in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Avian bornavirus, Hahns Macaw, Proventicular dilatation disease
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