A strange virus turns pigeons into ‘zombies’

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A virus as little known to public opinion as devastating devastates the pigeons and the rest of birds in the United Kingdom, transforming them into a kind of zombies, with the twisted neck and spasms. Animalist associations are warning of the “fatal viral disease & rdquor; and its terrible symptoms, which force sacrifice a good number of birds, according to the newspaper ‘Mirror’.

The origin of the pathology is found in a virus known as paramyxovirus, PPMV or Newcastle disease, in the cases of poultry, and derives in a picture that severely affects the animals, especially in their neurological system. The virus is not transmissible to humans, beyond possible cases of conjunctivitis in people who have contact with sick birds.

The affected pigeons suffer a violent twist in neck position, the trembling wings, noticeably lose weight they walk in circles and sometimes they cant fly ye remain permanently in place. Your stools turn green. It is a disease extremely infectious and spread through the feces and other secretions.

“There is an increase in the number of ground pigeons entering the JSPCA animal shelter in recent weeks, many of which have shown neurological signs such as twisting their necks, circling or being unable to stand,” a spokesperson for the JSPCA said. JSPCA animal shelter in the Island of Jersey, in the Channel Islands.

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“These are all signs of pigeon paramyxovirus, an invariably fatal viral disease that can affect pigeons, pigeons and pigeons. poultry [donde se conoce como enfermedad de Newcastle]. The illness has no treatment “and many birds die in a few days,” stresses these same source to ‘Mirror’, which warns of the risk of transmission to other birds. “At the JSPCA, affected birds are humanely euthanized,” he adds.

According to the public website Gov.uk, the disease can be prevented vaccinating birds against disease.



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