Article
The Pathogenesis of Proventricular Dilatation Disease Caused by Parrot Bornaviruses: A Possible Role For Neuropeptide Y (Npy)
2020-10-05
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Psittacine Bornaviruses cause a unique disease syndrome in parrots and related birds. Known as proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), it is characterized by massive dilatation of their proventriculus as a result of excessive food accumulation within that organ. This leads to gastric obstruction and eventually, to death by starvation. Results In a preliminary study on the...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ac841094-1084-5d05-a656-b5848554c711
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-49954/v1
