Oral communication in VII Congreso de Ciencias Veterinarias y Biomédicas: Facultad de Veterinaria

April 28^th, 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).
	Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).
	Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA). Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA).

Risk of introduction of Newcastle disease in Spain through columbiformes

Publication: Risk of introduction of Newcastle disease in Spain through columbiformes

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