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Proventricular dilatation disease

Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is an incurable probably viral disease of psittacine birds. It was first recognized and described in 1978 by Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard. Since the first reported cases were involving species of macaw, the condition was termed macaw wasting syndrome. Proventricular dilatation disease (PDD) is an incurable probably viral disease of psittacine birds. It was first recognized and described in 1978 by Dr. Hannis L. Stoddard. Since the first reported cases were involving species of macaw, the condition was termed macaw wasting syndrome.

[ "Disease", "Proventriculus", "Virus", "Family Bornaviridae", "Mononegavirales Infections", "Avian bornavirus", "Psittaciform 1 bornavirus" ]
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