Risk of introduction of Newcastle disease in Spain through Columbiformes
New article published in Revista Complutense de Ciencias Veterinarias
January 1st, 2008
Iglesias I., Martinez-Aviles M., de la Torre A. and Sanchez-Vizcaino JM..
Newcastle disease is a disease of major importance for poultry and wild birds. Wild birds order columbiformes can act in the spread of the disease, we performed a qualitative risk assesment of disease introduction into Spain by columbiformes migrations. The following factors have been introduced in the model: the Spanish
provinces at with the columbiformes arrive and countries of the departure, Newcastle incidences in the in the countries of the departure, the distribution of sedentary columbiformes in Spain by provinces and the spanish avian production density. The
final result offer a first descriptive analysis of the situation relating to the risk of introduction of Newcastle by migrating columbiformes birds, allowing to assess the importance of each factor
 | Servicio de Inmunología Viral y Medicina Preventiva (SUAT). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). 111 |
| Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). 111 |
