| proventricular dilatation disease: an emerging exotic disease of parrots in australia. | proventricular dilatation disease is a viral disease seen as a segmental neuropathy in parrots. it has always been believed to be a disease exotic to australia, with the only reported case being a legally imported green wing macaw (ara chloroptera) in 1993. this paper reports a cluster of cases seen in south-east queensland in 2005 to 2006. clinical signs, autopsy findings and histopathological findings are described. no pattern or common source for these cases could be identified. the implicati ... | 2007 | 17359314 |