Newcastle Disease Reported in Croatia
CROATIA - The veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in pigeons to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
12 May 2009
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The Croatian veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification to OIE dated 11 May.
It reports an outbreak of Newcastle disease in pigeons at Kastel Kambelovac in the country of Splitsko-Dalminska, along the Adriatic coast. The outbreak started on 9 April. Two birds in a hobby flock of 133 pigeons died.
The virus has been confirmed as the PPMV 1 velogenic virus strain.
The last outbreak of Newcastle disease in Croatia was in March 1991.
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