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Newcastle disease is a severe, systemic, and fatal viral disease of poultry due to virulent strains of avian paramyxovirus type 1. Clinical signs in unvaccinated birds include sudden death, lethargy, and respiratory distress. Diagnosis is based on laboratory confirmation. Vaccines prevent clinical signs but not infection, and the control of the disease is challenging in enzootic regions. Newcastle disease (ND) is an infection of domestic poultry and other bird species with virulent Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Newcastle disease is not a food safety or public health concern. Virulent NDV is capable of producing a devastating disease in domestic fowl, with vast social and economic consequences. It is a worldwide problem that presents primarily as an acute respiratory disease; however, depression, nervous signs, or diarrhea may be the predominant clinical form. Severity of ND depends on the virulence and genetic type of the infecting virus and host susceptibility.
Newcastle Disease has broken out again in Greece.
The previous outbreak was reported to the OIE (World Animal Health Organisation) in December 2004. The Greek authorities subsequently reported that the outbreak has ended.
The latest outbreak occurred in a village 10 kilometres from the town of Kilkis in Central Macedonia.
A total of 35,000 chickens of different ages of different ages were involved in the outbreak.
Of these, 3,880 has died, and the remaining 31,120 were...
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Cyprus is still striving to get on top of an outbreak of Newcastle Disease.
But two other countries, Finland and Bulgaria, have succeeded in getting on top of outbreaks.
The disease was first confirmed in Cyprus on November 26, 2004. Control measures undertaken partial stamping out, movement control inside the country, vaccination; and disinfection of infected premises - were undertaken.
Ministry of Agriculture officials in Nicosia told the OIE (World Animal Health Organisation) last...
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Further information about an outbreak of Newcastle Disease in Sweden has emerged.
As stated in the emergency report, Sweden received confirmation on July 20, 2004, of the presence of Newcastle Disease virus in a sample collected in a holding of laying hens in the County of Ostergotland ( central east coast of Sweden), and the same virus was detected in another farm, situated approximately 500 metres from the farm where the infection was first detected.
Dr Leif Denneberg, Chief Veterinary...
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