Bird Proventricular Dilatation Disease

  • Avian Health Network, Inc - Campaign dedicated to making a positive contribution to the advancement of research into causes, prevention, and treatment of proventricular dilatation disease.
  • Fighting PDD - Personal page that discusses the author's strategies for dealing with proventricular dilatation disease.
  • Old World Aviaries: Resolution of Clinical Proventricular Dilatation Disease by Cycloogenase 2 Inhibition - Report that highlights important research advancements into the cause and nature of PDD (Myenteric Ganglioneuritis, or Macaw Wasting Disease) in pet birds.
  • Proventricular Dilatation Disease - Describes a new approach to the treatment and resolution of PDD by the International Parrotlet Society.
  • Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD) - Viral disease originally called macaw wasting syndrome, psittacine wasting syndrome, or neuropathic gastric dilation. Can occur in any psittacine.
  • Stop Proventricular Dilitation Disease - Information from the International Aviculturists Society including susceptible species, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and the causal agent. Appeals for funds for further research.
  • Transmission and Virus of Proventricular Dilatation Disease - Study documents experimental transmission of PDD to susceptible birds following inoculation with clarified tissue homogenates from birds with the disease.
  • Peripheral Neuritis in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease - Study to evaluate the extent of central nervous system and peripheral nervous system involvement in birds with PDD. From Avian Pathology. [PDF] (June 03, 2007)